Bonjour, my name is Tania and I'm a French teacher at TakeLessons.
Do you want to sound more like a native French speaker?
Well, in this lesson, you're going to learn some
of the most common French slang words and phrases to use in conversation.
So stay tuned and don't forget to click the link below
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One common French slang word that we use is to say, "A car."
The actual word is "Une voiture"
but the slang word for that is "Une bagnole" or "Une caisse."
I could say, "Où es ta bagnole? - Where is your car?"
Another word that we can use in slang is "Clothing".
In French it's "Les vêtements"
but the slang word for that is "Les fringues".
That's another way to say "Clothing".
J'aime tes fringues.
I like your clothes.
There is also a slang word to say "Money".
The actual word is "L'argent".
That's how you say money in French, "L'argent".
But all these are slang words.
You can say, "Tune.
La tune.
Le fric.
Le pognon.
L'oseille.
Le flouse.
Le pèze.
Le blé."
Another word that we can use in slang is "Understand".
Normally to understand is "comprendre"
but the slang word for that is "capter" or "piger".
Je capte pas.
I don't understand.
Je capte pas.
A slang word for "work"
"le travail" is: "Le boulot" or "Le taf".
You can say: "J'adore mon taf."
"I love my job. I love my work."
Car. Une voiture.
Une bagnole or "une caisse".
Clothing. Les vêtements.
Les fringues.
Money. L'argent.
La tune.
Le fric.
Le pognon.
L'oseille.
Le flouse.
Le pèze.
Le blé.
Understand. Comprendre.
Capter or piger.
Capter.
Piger.
Work. Le travail.
Le boulot or le taf.
We also have commonly used slang phrases.
Être au taquet.
To be on fire.
Être au taquet.
Il est au taquet.
If somebody has a lot of energy.
Il est au taquet.
We can also say "Laissez tomber."
"Forget about it."
"Laissez tomber."
I don't want to hear it.
Laisse tomber.
Forget about it.
Laisse tomber.
You can also say: "sans déconner, sans déc"
or "sans blague" which would mean: stop fooling around.
Sans déc.
Stop fooling around.
We also have a way to say: "period, end of conversation."
It's by saying: "Point barre."
Point barre means: period.
For example, if you're having an argument, end the conversation -
That's enough - point barre, period.
Être au taquet.
To be on fire.
Être au taquet.
Laissez tomber.
Forget about it.
"Sans déconner. Sans déc",
or "sans blague."
Stop fooling around.
Period.
"Point barre."
Now we're going to talk about a different kind of slang
very popular among young people in France.
It's called "Verlan".
"Verlan" means "l'envers".
"L'envers" means upside down.
I'm going to share with you five "verlan" slang words.
A really common one is "ouf." "Ouf" is from the word "fou" -
crazy. Something that's really common
and popular to say is "un truc de ouf".
"Un truc de ouf" means something crazy, something incredible,
like "Wow" - c'est un truc de ouf".
We also have "relou" "relou" from "lourd" which is heavy.
Somebody that's annoying, somebody that's heavy, like
"ah leave me alone." "Il est relou" -
he's annoying, "il est lourd il est relou."
You can also say: "chelou". "Chelou"
is from "louche" and "louche" means weird.
You can say, "Oh this house looks weird".
Cette maison est chelou.
We also have "la teuf".
La "teuf" is "la fête" which means the party.
If you want to go to a friend's party you'd say
"let's go to the party" - "on va à la teuf."
You can also say, "vénère".
"Vénère" is from "énervé" which means mad, very upset.
If you want to say, "He's mad" - "il est vénère".
"Ouf" is from the word "fou"
- crazy. "Relou" from "lourd" which is heavy.
"Chelou" is from "louche" and "louche" means weird.
La teuf is "la fête" which means the party.
"Vénère" is from "énervé" which means: mad, very upset.
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