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Originally Posted by whitelilac
Hello again and thank you for your answers!
Yes I know you never know, but I do not plan on divorcing him. Je parle courrament le francais, or almost fluent. But what type of questions are they (the French Consulate here?) going to ask me? I can draw out the map of France in Europe and I can speak French , other than that, if they ask me about history je suis nul. 
And I do not know if you are aware but there is a similar test to become a US Citizen. But all they did I remember is they asked me to write down 'Today is a beautiful day." There is no problem regarding me taking French classes there, I even thought about it myself that if I was going to live there I need to take some French classes.
So but I think I understand what you are trying to say. Say if, they point to a chair and ask me what it is and I respond, 'C'est une table' then probably I will have problems, but other than that do they talk normal everyday conversational talk or they will go fancy pour que je ne comprends rien |
The interview is not a test of any sort. It's really just a chance to evaluate your level of French language proficiency (to see if they need to require you to take classes) and to evaluate whether or not you will need "culture classes" to adapt to French life. Chances are, it will just be asking you questions from the forms you filled out - more like a conversation, but there may be some attempt to ask you to write something in French, too.
The cultural bit is completely up to the consulate officer you speak with. They're mainly looking to see that you understand that honor killings aren't tolerated in French life, and that you're not of some bizarre cultural background that is somehow antithetical to the French idea of keeping your head down and out of trouble by going along with the flow. The fact that you've got US citizenship is probably sufficient to pass muster.
Oh and they might ask a few questions about your husband (probably best if he comes with you) just to make sure this isn't a "mariage en blanc" - where did you meet? what sorts of things do you like to do together? etc. That's why you would probably do best to plan a short honeymoon back in California so you can go together to the Consulate.
Cheers,
Bev