For language learners, it's a common experience to have your grammar or pronunciation corrected while speaking to a French person. It is a - mostly - well-meaning habit, but as Emma Pearson explains, it can also take some getting used to.
There is a saying in France - Qui aime bien, châtie bien (who loves well, chastises well).
It's most commonly used in relation to child-rearing, encapsulating the slightly stricter, but still very loving, method of parenting in France.
But it sometimes spreads out into wider society - as many a French learner has found. In fact it's a common occurrence, when chatting with a French friend, colleague or neighbour - or even just ordering in a café or shop - for the French person to casually correct what you have just said.
Whether its an incorrect noun gender, a dodgy verb conjugation or a mispronounced word, the French person will swiftly correct you. In most cases, their manner will be casual and they will just repeat for you the correct word.
