Charlene, Princess of Monaco Quotes

My French is still good. That's a beautiful language and I'm happy to speak it.

Well, with the French language, which I understood and spoke, however imperfectly, and read in great quantities, at certain times, the matter I suppose was slightly different from either Latin or Greek.

For me, French is so rich and so sacred that learning it is like learning a foreign language.

I've never really spoken French. I didn't do French lessons at school, so I'm starting from scratch.

I'd like to learn French well enough to write in that language.

French is a language that makes those who speak it both calm and dynamic.

I work, play and do everything in French.

I've been learning French a bit through my work with Longchamp, and I've been in France quite a lot. And I really love how they express themselves. I especially love when something is untranslatable.

I read French much better than I speak.

Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything!

I am attached to the French language. I will defend the ubiquitous use of French.

By the way, the secret of speaking French is confidence. Whether you are right or wrong, you don't hesitate.

I don't ever want to stop learning. And I really want to learn French fluently. It would be great to go and live in France.

I lived in Paris for two years with my family. I would roam the streets of Paris during the day for a few hours in the subway, on the streets, and I listened to the French language, and I got a sense of the rhythm and the melody of the language.

People are getting more used to another language; that's how I learned English and Spanish. I listened to other singers and tried to sing with them. Of course, I studied it, and I took classes, but music helps me a lot.

I really want to learn French so I think it would be great to go and live in France and maybe learn the language for a few months.

I'd love to master another language properly.

I want to learn how to speak Italian. For years, I'd wished I could speak Italian--a language I find more beautiful than roses :)

It's important to me to work in my own language now and then. I love English, but you can never learn to master a foreign language if you're not brought up with it.

Spanish is my second language. When I started, I was doing interviews in Spanish and had to catch up.

When I took part in European leaders summits, it was sometimes unpleasant for me to hear Romanian, Polish, Portuguese, and Italian friends speak English, although I admit that on an informal basis, first contacts can be made in this language. Nevertheless, I will defend everywhere the use of the French language.

I like to listen to French radio; I'm trying to learn French.

I never dream in French, but certain French words seem better or more fun than English words - like 'pois chiches' for chick peas!

My mom taught me German before I knew English. And I went to French immersion school.

I'm pretty good with languages. I know a bit of French and actually want to live in France some day so that I can get fluent. I think it'd be tragic to go through life only knowing one language.