Bonjour tout le monde !
My name is Salva and I am a Spanish-born boy who moved to the United Kingdom at age 8. I’ve lived in London for 10 years, and after getting my A-Levels I moved out to Paris in order to become an interpreter/translator. I speak fluent Spanish (it’s my mother tongue) and English has always been like a second mother tongue: I’ve been raised bilingual. At school, I discovered my passion for French and Chinese, so those are the languages I chose at University. As you can imagine (this is my 7th year studying la langue de Molière) my French is OK but still needs improving obviously.
I speak English with a strong British accent, just like Mika does (his accent is highly British, sorry if you don’t agree with me). Recently, I’ve been told by many French people that I look like Mika when I talk (in French, I mean)! I always say that it is in fact impossible, as his French is pretty much better than mine. I’ve been told more than 4 times that my accent in French looks like Mika’s, which leads me to the next question: does Mika really have an accent in French or does he actually sound completely standard?
thanks for answering, merci de m’avoir répondu, je salue tous les francophones qui sont inscrits à ce site !
Salva xx