"Well," said Violet, thinking. "You could start with a simple greeting." She turned to face Arnold. "Bonjour, Arnold, comment ca va? That means, 'hello, how are you?' You could say something like 'oui, je suis tres bien merci, et toi?', which means, 'yes, I am very well thank you, and yourself?'." Violet looked down at her feet, awkwardly. "Sorry, not a very good way to start." She felt ashamed, she wasn't able to explain anything at all. She wanted to help but she simply couldn't.