If it was cheap, he could just buy an English version of it and use 'em both to learn French. He can get two PS2s and two TVs and play them side-by-side, and that way he'll get pretty decent at FFX, AND he'll learn how to play it in French, too. Then he can sell his English version back, and just keep and play the French one. It's a win-win!

Except for the Al-Bhed parts, that'd confuse the hell out of you.