When french people count on their fingers, they start with their thumb for number one, index for two, middle finger for three, ring finger for four and pinky for five. the thumb is always used to show one, index for two americans use their index to start finger-counting or sometimes their pinky. how do you count on your fingers? explain how different finger-counting is in your own country compared to france. does one way make more sense than another? use at least 4 sentences to explain the difference, 2 in english, 2 in french.

Culture of france  and of the  french people  has been shaped by  geography, by profound  historical events, and by foreign and internal forces and groups.  france, and in particular  paris, has played an important role as a centre of  high culture  since the 17th century and from the 19th century on, worldwide. from the late 19th century, france has also played an important role in  cinema,  fashion,  cuisine,  literature,  technology,  social science  and  mathematics. the importance of french culture has waxed and waned over the centuries, depending on its economic, political and military importance. french culture today is marked both by great regional and socioeconomic differences and strong unifying tendencies. a global opinion poll for the  bbc  saw france ranked as the country with the fourth most positive influence in the world (behind germany, canada and the uk) in 2014.

Hello! i'm marianne and i'm from montpellier, france. here is a picture of my family. in the photo, they are my grandparents, my uncles and aunts, and my parents. they are in the garden at my grandparents' house. this is my grandmother's birthday on november 8 and we are all at home for this occasion. my grandmother is seventy-nine! my grandfather is older. he is eighty years old! my uncles and aunts are very nice and interesting. they are with my parents and my grandparents in the picture. i take the picture and that's why i'm not in the picture. i'm happy with my grandparents because my cousins are there when we're here and we talk and play together. it's fun to be with the family. my family is very good and active. i love my family! how is your family? do you have cousins and grandparents? where are they?