Piste 10 - U2 L6 - p22-2

Deuxièmepartie.

Second part.

Estcequevouspourrieznousexpliquercommentvousavezacquislanationalitéfrançaise?

Can you explain to us how you acquired French nationality?

Oui.

Yes.

Ehbien,àl'âgedeseizeans,jesuisalléàlamairiedemavilleoùj'habitais.

Well, at the age of sixteen, I went to the town hall of the city where I lived.

Doncjesuisalléàlamairie,j'aifaitmademande,onm'afourniundossieràremplir.

So I went to the town hall, I made my request, and they provided me with a file to fill out.

Doncc'estcequej'aifait.

So that's what I did.

J'aifourniégalementquelquesdocuments.

I also provided some documents.

Etpuisdeuxoutroismoisaprès,j'aireçumonpapierofficielmeconfirmantquej'étaisdevenucitoyennefrançaise.

And then two or three months later, I received my official paper confirming that I had become a French citizen.

Etalors?

And then?

VousêtesnéenFranceouauPortugal?

Were you born in France or Portugal?

Moi,jesuisnéenFrance,doncmesparentssontnésauPortugal.

I was born in France, so my parents were born in Portugal.

Ilsonteuseptenfants,quatrequisontnésauPortugaletlestroisderniersdontmoilaseptième.

They have seven children, four of whom were born in Portugal and the last three, including me, are the seventh.

NoussommesnésicienFrance.

We were born here in France.

Etalors?

And then?

Lefaitd'êtrenésurlesolfrançaisnesuffitpasàvousdonnerlanationalitéfrançaise,alors?

Being born on French soil is not enough to give you French nationality, right?

Non,non,parcequeenFrance,pourdevenircitoyenfrançais,ilfautavoiraumoinsunparentfrançais.

No, no, because in France, to become a French citizen, you need to have at least one French parent.

Donccen'étaitpasdutoutmoncaspuisquemesdeuxparentsétaientnésauPortugal.

So it wasn't my case at all since both my parents were born in Portugal.

Doncjesuisnéetsystématiquementj'étais.

So I was born and systematically I was.

J'étaisportugaise.

I was Portuguese.

Alorsqu'estcequivousadonnéenviededevenircitoyennefrançaise?

So what made you want to become a French citizen?

Bonnequestion.

Good question.

Envie.

Desire.

Jenesaispassiàl'époquej'avaisvraimentenvie.

I don't know if at the time I really wanted to.

Jepensequevoussavez,quandonestadolescent,lesadolescentsentreeuxsontsontméchants.

I think you know, when you're a teenager, teenagers can be mean to each other.

Etjecroisquej'aitrèsmalvécumonadolescenceparrapportauracismequ'ilyavait.

And I think I had a very hard time living my adolescence in relation to the racism that existed.

Etjecroisquec'étaitunefaçondedefuirceracisme.

And I think it was a way to escape that racism.

Etj'aivouludevenirfrançaise.

And I wanted to become French.

Jecroisquesijen'avaispasconnuceracisme,jenesaispas,peutêtrequejeseraisactuellementencoreportugaise.

I think if I hadn't known racism, I don't know, maybe I would still be Portuguese today.