Je cause la France?

[DZ]

Can you please tell me what it means?  I came across this phrase on another current discussion thread here but I don't want to change the original discussion subject by asking a linguistic question there.  Still, I would love to know - my dictionary is of no help and I just love learning the "living" language!  Thanks a lot for a translation.

[Suze01]

I think it means that "I defend France"/ "I will fight for France".

If you look [url=http://www.wordreference.com/fren/cause]here[/url] it's one of those words with lots of different compound forms with differing meanings.

[Clair]

causer (verb) = to chat, to have a chinwag, to talk

faire la causette = to have a chat

[Cendrillon]

"If you look here it's one of those words with lots of different compound forms with differing meanings."

 

Brilliant link! thanks for posting that Lisleoise

[Clair]

http://www.wordreference.com/fren/causer

[Frenchie]

Normally when we say " je cause la france " it means I can speak french, but it s a funny way to say it, which alludes to the fact that you speak very informal french, not necessarily very upstandard..

When someone makes a mistake ( a french person, not a foreigner) we say " oh tu causes bien la france toi!!"   which means '" you ve made a mistake" , it s not mean, just funny. 

Régine.

[DZ]

Thanks so much, everyone, for the very helpful replies!  I feel like I've learnt a lot! 

Anna