FYW 233: French slang expressions (1‪)‬ French Your Way Podcast: Learn French with Jessica | French Grammar | French Vocabulary | French Expressions

By popular demand, I'll record some episodes to help you learn or recognise common French slang expressions. As you may know, the French you learn in the classroom and the French you hear in the street or in the movies can sometimes sound quite different !



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Vocabulary and Spelling of the French Words mentioned in this episode



Balles (argent):

Il a acheté une nouvelle voiture à 15.000 balles !

A deux balles (worthless, cheap, lousy ; cheap joke, Xmas craker humour, bubblegum humour)

Bobo (pain, scratch, boo boo ; boho, bobo)

Mec, gars, type

Pote, poto

Nickel (super, parfait, impeccable), nickel chrome

Faire cul sec, ¨cul sec!"

Saouler

Ma mère / vieille me saoule avec ses conseils à deux balles.

ça me saoule to make/get sb drunk

Mes vieux / mon vieux, ma vieille

Se prendre une cuite = to get drunk / intoxicated / hammered / pissed

Il est rentré du bar hier soir avec une bonne cuite. = He came home smashed from the bar last night. (source: Word Reference)

Être cuit,e (Baby is cooked)



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