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BuzzFeed Staff, UK

Scottish kids take exams like this all the time. Are you better at French than them?

Can You Pass This Basic French Test?

<p><i>Questions and answers have been sourced from 2011-13 Scottish Standard Grade French past papers and marking guides issued by the <a href="http://www.sqa.org.uk/pastpapers" target="_blank">SQA</a>.</i></p>

Vingt means 20, and derrière means "behind"...and it also means a person's buttocks.

Correct answer: 20 rooms, behind the hotel.

If you said "quel type de soupe êtes-vous?" you would have been asking "which type of soup are you?" Actually, come to think of it, that would make a great BuzzFeed quiz.

Correct answer: "Quelle est la soupe du jour?"

Oui! "Dix-sept" means 17. It translates as "ten-seven", because the French are a very literal people when it comes to numbers.

Correct answer: 17 years.

"Fête" means party or celebration, "dieu" means god, and "dimanche" means Sunday. This is an annual festival run by the Hindu temple Sri Manicka in Paris.

Correct answer: The festival of the god Ganesh, Sunday.

French people don't have any branches of Greggs at all. What a shame for them. They probably don't eat Scotch pie sandwiches either.

Correct answer: Turn left at the church.

Correct answer: Left

"Gagné" means win, and "première" means first. Jenifer was also a judge on the French version of _The Voice_.

Correct answer: She won the first series of _Star Academy_

"Seize" means 16, and France uses the 24-hour clock, so in this case they're saying 16:00, which is 4pm.

Correct answer: Between midday and 4pm.

"Rouge" means red, hence the name of the Moulin Rouge (it means "red windmill.")

Correct answer: The number 10 and the colour red.

"Vêtements" means clothes, "chambre" means room, and "désordre"...well, you can probably guess that one.

Correct answer: She takes Sylvie's clothes and leaves their room in a mess.

"Demande a tes parents de lui parler" translates as "ask your parents to talk to her."

Correct answer: Ask her parents to speak to her sister.

"Sortir" means leave or exit. "Laisse-moi rester" means "let me stay."

Correct answer: "Laisse-moi sortir."

Correct answer: Cookery classes.

If you go into a shop and ask for "un seau de bulots, du bière, et du carton", you'll receive a bucket of whelks, some beer, and some cardboard. You'd definitely need to take a cookery class to make something with those ingredients.

Correct answer: "Une boîte de thon, du beurre, et du pain."

Oh well, never mind. There’s more to life than learning other languages. Everyone knows all you need to do is say everything slowly and loudly in English when you're abroad and everyone will understand you.

Oops, you failed French.

Très bien! You don’t remember all your high school French, but you did pretty well regardless. Give yourself un grand pat on le back.

B-grade French student

Félicitations à vous! You're officially smarter than a Scottish kid, when it comes to French, anyway. You're so good at French, in fact, that you could probably go to France and actually speak French to French people, which as everyone knows is a huge achievement. Go to the top of the class.

Can You Pass This Basic French Test?

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