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FELlX
Diglot
Groupie
France
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Speaks: French*, English
| Message 9 of 10 21 November 2011 at 1:36pm | IP Logged |
translator2 wrote:
Stuff like: kroumir (old person/geezer), calots (eyes), castagne/se castagner (fight), riquiqui (tiny), roploplos, ramier, scoumoune, faire la bitume, becheuse, se bigornet, bisbille, bouboule, etre Byzance, se creper la tignasse, faire des mamours, peinturlurer, badigoinces, benard, etc.
While nouns and adjectives can usually be guessed from context, the verbs are especially tricky are there seems to be a whole series of slang verbs starting with the letter "e": emberlificoter, embobiner, embringuer,enguirlander, enquiquiner, empapaouter, encaldosser, enrhumer, esbigner, ereinter... |
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FWIW, I've emphasized the phrases/words I've never heard (I live near Paris). As said before, some of those are very localized across particular regions.
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| Message 10 of 10 21 November 2011 at 2:49pm | IP Logged |
Thank you. That was very enlightening.
FELlX wrote:
translator2 wrote:
Stuff like: kroumir (old person/geezer), calots (eyes), castagne/se castagner (fight), riquiqui (tiny), roploplos, ramier, scoumoune, faire la bitume, becheuse, se bigornet, bisbille, bouboule, etre Byzance, se creper la tignasse, faire des mamours, peinturlurer, badigoinces, benard, etc.
While nouns and adjectives can usually be guessed from context, the verbs are especially tricky are there seems to be a whole series of slang verbs starting with the letter "e": emberlificoter, embobiner, embringuer,enguirlander, enquiquiner, empapaouter, encaldosser, enrhumer, esbigner, ereinter... |
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FWIW, I've emphasized the phrases/words I've never heard (I live near Paris). As said before, some of those are very localized across particular regions. |
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