>Correct grammar would say e.g. "Are you French?" but if someone says, "You are French?" or even "You French?" then the meaning is still there, especially if a

>Correct grammar would say e.g. "Are you French?" but if someone says, "You are French?" or even "You French?" then the meaning is still there, especially if a foreign accent means somebody is not speaking their first language. That reminds me of a famous scene from La Grande Vadrouille, a renowned French comedy, where the protagonists of the film try to meet an English pilot grounded in France in hopes of exfiltrating him. But as it happens, both characters believe the other to be English : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YepP1M6eO4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YepP1M6eO4