I can understand some because I took French in middle school and continued it in high school (regrettably), in total about 7 years. I wish I had chosen Spanish instead. Or Korean so I could just cheese my language requirement. I'm not that interested in French culture and I doubt I'll ever go to France. My dad is fluent though because he went to a French high school, so sometimes I'll hear french tv shows in the background but that's about it for french stuff in my life lmao.