Ironically Joey is Italian and he actually speaks Italian in the show (especially with his grandma) so since they share a very similar language to the French, it actually wouldn’t be that hard at all for him to learn the basics
This is the only part of Friends that I don't like especially when Joey was repeating Phoebe French words it clearly shows Joey was trying to make that funny which as per me failed to made.
Bouffet is a French surname. This episode is one of the bests🤣🤣🤣 I am learning second language acquisition right now, I should show this to my professor🤣🤣🤣 Joey isn't even trying.🤣🤣