Is Federer speaking in FRENCH?

[kobe3pointer]

Is he speaking in French? Wow..

[TennisNinja]

Swiss people speak French, and it is the French open...

[BreakPoint]

Yeah, he always speaks French in France. That's what they speak there. :)

[Forehand_Punisher]

Federer speaks Swiss-German, German, French, and English fluently.

[maximo]

Well, his french is OK. He's not exceptionally articulate when he speaks.

[War, Safin!]

LOL at this thread.

[kobe3pointer]

Swiss people speak French, and it is the French open...

Ah, I didnt know Swiss spoke french...

[Rexking]

LOL at this thread.

x 2 :lol::lol:

[bobby]

Swiss people speak French, and it is the French open...
Errr, not exactly. Tell that to someone who´s from Zurich, and see what their response is. . .

Some Swiss people speak French. Federer does because he trained in the French-speaking part of the country as a youngster, but his French isn´t perfect because it´s not his native language. He´s from Basel, which is German-speaking.

[stormholloway]

Strange question. Does it not sound like French?

[BreakPoint]

Federer speaks Swiss-German, German, French, and English fluently.
I understand that he also speaks some Italian.

[angharad]

Ah, I didnt know Swiss spoke french...

Depending on the area of Switzerland you're from, the language is French, Swiss-German, or Italian.

Federer grew up in Basel, speaking Swiss-German and English (English because of his mum). He trained in the French-speaking area later, though. I believe he also speaks a bit of Swedish, but I'm not sure.

[ispaht]

Where have you been? I assume you have watched Roger's past final appearances?

[TennisNinja]

I guess I shouldve put "some" in front of my earlier comment haha.

[swedechris]

Bien sur.. ganz klar.. sure thang.

[malakas]

Federer speaks Swiss-German, German, French, and English fluently.

he also speaks Swedish,which he learnt from his coach.He's got a real talent in languages.

[luishcorreia]

Are you. coff....american?

Federer is Swiss. The country as two primary languages: french and swiss-german.

[malakas]

That doesn't mean that every citizen knows french and german.(and italian is official language too)
Wawrinka knows only french for example.It depends on the city they live.

[defrule]

Roger Federer - "Oui, c'est moi"

Remember that?

[ClubHoUno]

This question must be from an American, not a European for sure :lol:

Fed's native language is Switcher-Deutch, but depending on where in Schweiz you're from, they speak Italian, French and Switcher-Deutch, sounds really funny, sort of like the German they speak in Austria :D

[malakas]

This question must be from an American, not a European for sure :lol:

Fed's native language is Switcher-Deutch, but depending on where in Schweiz you're from, they speak Italian, French and Switcher-Deutch, sounds really funny, sort of like the German they speak in Austria :D

really?For me the austrian german is more like singing like but the swiss is like eating while talking.I don't understand a word btw.It's like a complete different language.

[Ninjamike]

About the swedish.... Federer learned a few dirty words and phrases in swedish, nothing more....

[tintin]

Well, his french is OK. He's not exceptionally articulate when he speaks.

sorry mate but he's done what the 4 time defending champion can't do :roll:

[kobe3pointer]

sorry mate but he's done what the 4 time defending champion can't do :roll:

True that,

and

His french is still better than Nadal's english...

[joeri888]

So now we're *****ing Maximo because he says Federer's French isn't THAT superbe?

Get a grip..

maximo is actually quite right here I think. it's not Fed's native language and he learned it when he was in tennis academy as a teenager. he speaks very fluently but a French person can defenitely tell he's not a native speaker.

[madmanfool]

He doesn't speak with a typical French accent, but he understands it perfectly.