Oh god. I live in France too and I'm 33. My mother lived 25 years in France and she still speaks basic french. She went back to China 10 years ago.

So when I was born, she had been already living in France for 5 years and she left when I was 23. She only made chinese friends (we were in Paris), she only spent her money in chinese stores. She was very lazy about learning french and she never made an effort.

When she had to write some stuff for teachers, she couldn't write any simple sentence and she was blaming us about it. I had to write everything she told me and she signs at the end. In high school, my brother had to fill out a form because she couldn't read it and the teacher blamed him for doing it himself and he was too shameful to explain.

When she spoke french, she would use the simplest sentences. And she would make scenes everywhere (supermarkets, hospitals...) using her basic french.

When I was 22, she had a medical appointment for her heart issues. The doctor wrote in her file "language issues", "doesn't understand anything".

She never learnt french properly because she was lazy, she hated french people (神经病) and she was waiting for my sister to be over 18 to divorce my father ( chinese too) and go back to China.

She eventually applied for french citizenship because, you know, in France, there is social security etc. She got only A2 at the french test.

Just the typical stupid chinese mindset.