I know that in regards to writing, there are tons of cognates but that’s only in text (such as: hôtel / hotel, table, garage & etc). Instead, can speakers of either language understand each other when having a verbal face to face conversation? Both languages are from different backgrounds: French is part of the Romance group while English is a Germanic one.
No, i speak english and cant understand french. Written words that look like english make me go “aahhh ok thats the same thing, ok thats kinda cool” but spoken it sounds different and i dont pick up on it in a normal fluid convo