Do any of you guys speak French?

[sholio]

My French ... er, sucks, to be blunt**; I took it -- rather apathetically -- in high school, but all I remember now are random bits of vocabulary. So I'm trying to write a single line in French in something which appears to be a Highlander story (*hides*) and I could really use some help -- the line is "A cup of tea for the lady, please?" (to a waiter)

Is "Une tasse de thé pour la dame, s'il vous plaît?" correct? Is it grammatical? (One of the many, many things I can't remember about French is whether you can drop verbs and such, the way that you can in English, and still be comprehensible ...) Is that what one would actually say in a situation like that, or would it sound more natural to a native speaker if it was phrased in a different way?

** Just to give you an idea, the last time I tried to speak French in public was at a Tim Horton's in Quebec, a few years ago, and the person who was attempting to take my order actually went and located a co-worker who spoke English so that she didn't have to deal with my laborious butchering of her language. It was very sad. Ironically, one of the things I was trying to order was a cup of tea.

ETA: I have an answer; thank you very much! :)

Comments

[sholio]

Hee! Well, there's one person that'll read it, at least. :D (I've been thinking as I work on it that this is a fic with practically no audience at all ... but I can't stop writing it!)

And TESLA! I love Tesla so much. :) I'm really looking forward to new episodes coming back!

Also, er ... while I'm at it ... I really don't want specific spoilers if possible, but is there any canon in the Highlander series for how Methos deals with children? Do we know if he hates them, gets along well with them, avoids them, etc? I just kinda need to know for keeping him in character in this scene, if there is any canon that specifically addresses that issue -- I know some characters (Rodney comes to mind here) have really specific reactions to children, and I'm not sure if Methos is one of those.

[ticiathethief.livejournal.com]

It's been, probably, 10 years since I watched Highlander, so I don't really remember. Hmmm... I shall have to remedy this problem.

[sheron]

Mid-season 4 he makes some comments about children, it's coming up soon for you :)

[scrollgirl.livejournal.com]

I really don't want specific spoilers if possible, but is there any canon in the Highlander series for how Methos deals with children?

You've seen "Chilvary" now, which is what sheron above was referring to. So, basically, no--we have no clue how Methos deals with actual little kids, or at least there's no canon for it.

I just watched the pilot of Sanctuary and... didn't hate it? But it didn't really grab me either, since I'm not a fan of the paranormal/monster stuff. (Give me Star Trek aliens who are treated as sentient equals, thanks.) I think I'll give A:TLA a whirl instead.

But I would love to read any HL fic you wrote!