What is French slang?? I'm leaving for Paris to visit my older sister on 2 July, and I'm 16...?

Question

What would be considered slang for a sixteen year old in Paris??

Answer 1

the french are very big on not having slang really. they enjoy keeping the language pure. there is even much debate on whether they should enter english words for items that werent around during the start of french heritage. such as sandwich.

Answer 2

Thais is right

French is rife with slang though you may not catch on to it.

The more "suburby" you get, the more they tend to speak backwards - "verlan" (à l'envers)

teuf = fete = party

meuf = woman, chick

reum = mere = mother

I could go on and on

As for swear words, I'll leave you with a choice of the most common, so much so in fact, that some are hardly swear words anymore:

putain, merde, fait chier, ta gueule, salope, salaud, con, connard, enculé

hahaha, I have to stop here, it's so liberating writing all this knowing the filter won't do a thing

Have fun in France!

Answer 3

I don't understand your question, you want to know some French slang words?

They don't really use slang in Paris so a basic knowledge of French is fine.

In the banlieue they use a lot of slang but they make it so that you won't understand. It's basically backwards talk though ex: femme = meuf and so on.

If you wanna say something is cool you can say genial or just say cool.

Let's see... some useful words:

Mec - means guy

Flic - means cops, so if you hear that then run

Gueule de bois - hangover, in case you need to explain

mmmm I dunno what else to include...

Make sure you don't get the verb baiser and the noun baiser mixed up. The verb is fu-- and the noun is kiss. So if someone says a sentence with that, look at the context.

Good luck.