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Ça m'est égal: This is the safest way to say “I don’t care in French. It literally means “It’s equal to me”.

Je m’en fiche: This is the phrase that most people use. It is not vulgar, but it carries more power than the first phrase.

Je m’en fous: This phrase is vulgar, equivalent to saying, “I don’t give a shit.”

Je m’en bats les couilles: This is vulgar, and stronger than the previous. However, this is a bit long and unnecessary, and most people use “Je m’en fous” instead.

Bonjour à tous! Here’s a list of french argot expressions that are used nowdays. I’ll add the “standar french” translation and the english translation or explanation if there isn’t a literal translation.

C’est dar! - C’est trop bien - Very good.

J’ai le seum -  Je suis énervé - I am pissed.

Une zouz - Une fille - A girl.

Chiner - Draguer - Hitting on [sb].

C’est lourd - C’est trop bien - Very good.

Grailler - Manger - To eat.

S’enjailler - Se motiver - To motivate oneself.

C’est golri - C’est drôle - It is funny.

Tu t’es fait rotte-ca -  Tu t’es fait avoir - You’ve been played.

Je suis déter - Je suit partant - I’m game.

Je suis yomb - Je suis énervé - I’m annoyed.

Les lovés - L’argent - Money.

C’est de la peufra - C’est trop bien - It’s very good.

En soumsoum -  Discrètement - Discreetly.

La tise - L’alcool - Alcohol.

Je suis saucé - Je suis content - I am happy.

Du bif - De l’argent - Money.

Faire crari - Faire croire - Make [sb] believe [sth]

Charbonner - Travailler - To work.

Ça passe crème - Sans aucuns soucis - No worries!

Bicrave -  Vendre sous le manteau - Sell [sth]illicitly.

C’est déclassé - C’est vraiment bien - It’s truly good.

Un gamos - Une voiture - A car.

Daron/Daronne - Père/Mère - Father/Mother.

Guacamolesque - Hallucinant - Cool.

C’est tout ! Je vous conseille de voir il film “La Haine”, plein d’argot. Soyez sage!

alp - à la prochaine - see you soon.

ASV - âge, sexe, ville - age, sex, city

(être au) BDR -  au bout du rouleau - burnt out.

BG (beau gosse) -  un (jeune) homme séduisant - a handsome guy.

bsr - bonsoir - good evening.

chelou - très étrange - weird.

cheh - bien fait - well done.

ct - c’était - it was

d’ac - d’accord - ok

déso par déso - désolé pas désolée - sorry not sorry.

DSL - désolée - sorry.

fdp - fils de pute - son of a bitch.

frais - génial - cool.

gadjo / gadji - garçon / girl - guy / girl.

gavé - trop - too.

gars sûr - “garçon sûr” - a guy, usually your friend, you can trust.

jms - jamais - never.

magl - “ma gueule” - used instead of friend.

mav - ma vie - my life.

miskine - le pauvre - poor (said to someone we pity)

pk - parce que - because

ptn - putain - fuck!

posey - posé - chilling

qqn - quelqu’un - someone

schlag - un nul - loser

terter - quartier - district

(f)tg - (ferme) ta gueule - shut up!

hi friends! this list is basically a mash of literature/writing-related words…?

【 books/writing forms 】

l’anthologie (f) | anthology

le brouillon (m) | draft

le dictionnaire des synonymes (m) | thesaurus

épistolaire | epistolary

l’épopée (f) | epic

la nouvelle (f) | short-story

la pièce de théâtre (f) | play

la poésie (f) | poetry

la prose (f) | prose

la rédaction (f) | essay

le roman (m) | novel

【 literary devices 】

l’allégorie (f) | allegory

l’allitération (f) | alliteration

l’anaphore (f) | anaphora

la comparaison (f) | simile

l’hyperbate (f) | hyperbaton

l’imagerie (f) | imagery

la litote (f) | litotes/meiosis

la métaphore (f) | metaphor

l’oxymore (m) | oxymoron

la rime (f) | rhyme

【 people in the writing process 】

le/la dramaturge | playwright

l’écrivain (m) | author

l’éditeur/éditrice | publisher

l’égérie (f) | muse/creative inspiration

le rédacteur en chef/ la rédactrice en chef | editor (of a newspaper)

le réviseur/la réviseure | editor

【 punctuation 】

l’apostrophe (f) | apostrophe

les deux-points (m) | colon

les guillemets (m) | quotation marks (« »)

la parenthèse (f) | parenthesis/bracket

le point d’exclamation (m) | exclamation mark

le point d’interrogation (m) | question mark

le point (final) (m) | full stop

le point-virgule (m) | semi-colon

les points de suspension (m) | ellipsis

la ponctuation (f) | punctuation

le tiret (m) | dash

le trait d’union (m) | hyphen

la virgule (f) | comma

【 words 】

la consonne (f) | consonant

l’espace (f) | space

la lettre (f) | letter (of the alphabet)

le mot (m) | word

le paragraphe (m) | paragraph

la phrase (f) | sentence

la syllabe (f) | syllable

la voyelle (f) | vowel

【 extra 】

la bibliothèque (f) | library

la librairie (f) | bookstore

la littérature (f) | literature

la grammaire (f) | grammar

l’orthographe (f) | spelling

le stylo plume (m) | fountain pen

most nouns with these endings are masculine (except from nouns in brackets) - ISME (no exceptions) - AGE ( une cage, une page, une plage, une image, une nage) - EAU (une eau, une peau) - ÈME (la crème) - ER (une cuillier, la mer) - MENT (la jument)

As it seems that the use of ponctuation is not exactly the same in each country/language, here’s how I’ve been taught to use it in France.

Les deux points “:” (a colon). We use it with spaces before AND after it. Ex. Ceci est un : exemple. Whereas in english, it seems colons are used without space before it, like this: example.

Le point-virgule “;” (a semi-colon). We also use it with spaces before and after, but I’ve also been taught to use it without space before, like a comma, so both seem to be okay (but correctors tend to put spaces both before and after). Ex. Ceci est un ; exemple.

Les parenthèses “(”, “)” (brackets). The word/sentence between brackets is not spaces from them. Ex. Ceci (est un exemple). But of course, there are spaces for the outside of the brackets. Most young french people put spaces inside the brackets : NOPE NOPE NOPE, really, it’s horrible ! Never write ( it like this ) it’s horrible. [ and ] are used the same way.

Le Point d’Interrogation “?” (question mark). There’s a space before and after it. Ex. Ceci est un exemple ?

Le Point d’Exclamation “!” (exclamation mark). Same, space before and after it. Ex. Ceci est un exemple !

Les Guillemets “«”, “»” (inverted commas). Well, english people tend to use these inverted commas “, ” and in France, we use the guillemets «, » to quote something, or mark a speech. Ex. « Ceci est un exemple. » Use spaces before and after. We also use these ones “, ”.

N.B. : Actually, on computers, “ and ”  are by default on the 3 key on top of keyboard. To type « and », you have two choices : the police or the website/logiciel you use recognize “ as « and » and changes them automatically; or you can do like me, and type Alt+174 for « and Alt+175 for ». “ and ”  are getting more used because of computers and english being more and more popular and used, but traditionnal written french (and french books) use « and ».

These are the basics which are really often differents in other languages/countries, and are the most used. Remember that young french people tend to not use them correctly, so well, you will surely see some of us using them wrong !

3/2/2018

The verb Penser in French is typically followed by a preposition, whether it be à or de depends on what you are trying to convey.

Penser à - to think about something in the sense of reflecting

Example : t’as pensé à faire les courses aujourd’hui ? - did you think about going shopping today ?

Example : quand je fais mes devoirs, je pense à toi - when I do my homework, I think about you

Penser de - to think about something in the sense of opinion

Example : qu’est-ce que tu penses de Lee ? - what do you think about Lee ?

It’s a pretty brief synopsis but I hope it helps !