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This is a great expression for when the person you’re talking to doesn’t understand what you’re saying and you’re tired of trying to explain… which can happen frequently when you’re learning a language! Laisse tomber means “Let it go” or, directly translated, “Let it fall.” He just isn’t understanding anything today.) 5. Of course, astute mathematicians will say that three times nothing is still nothing, but French slang isn’t an exact science!

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You can use this phrase as in “he’s super out of it,” or to describe an airhead or someone a few crayons short of a full box.įor more emphasis, you can say, Il capte trois fois rien (He doesn’t understand anything times three).

Il capte rien - He doesn’t understand anythingĪstute French grammarians will see that the negator ne has been dropped from this phrase, as it has in most French slang expressions. Je me casse ! (I’ve had enough of this situation. To say Casse-toi ! to someone means, “Get out of here!” or even “Piss off!”ĭon’t say it around just anyone, but if you’re being harassed in the street, a well-placed Casse-toi ! definitely gets the message across. It can also be used as a suggestion: On se casse ? (Should we get out of here?)Īnd it can even be used as a sort of insult. This is a very casual, bordering-on-rude way to say that you’re leaving somewhere. Il est hyper arrogant ! (I wish he’d stop showing off. Nowadays, leave bretelle out of this phrase-unless you’re in Québec! That’s because the real meaning of the last word, péter, is “to fart.”Īnd, originally, the la combined with bretelle (suspender), because in the 19th century, holding out one’s suspender and making it pète (snap) against one’s chest was a way of punctuating a brag or show-offy comment. While this expression isn’t all that vulgar, it’s definitely not for mixed company. Ouais, ça baigne ! (Yeah, it’s going well!) 2. Ça baigne ? (I haven’t seen you in a long time. In fact, that’s likely where this mid-20th century expression comes from! Ça baigne is often associated with the beach, where people se baignent (go for a dip) or are often baignés (bathed) in oil-tanning oil, that is. This phrase uses the verb baigner (to bathe), and refers to something submerged in a liquid, as in: Ça baigne dans de l’huile (It is bathed in oil). Our first French slang expression is similar to the extremely common Q&A phrase ça va, and it means the same thing: “How are you?” “Good!” Ça baigne ? Ça baigne ! - How’s it going? It’s going! We won’t cover every slang you just saw in our list, but we’ll go over some in more detail as well as plenty of other useful French slang expressions.

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This blog post is available as a convenient and portable PDF that youīefore we get into our list, check out this video to hear some super common French slang terms: Habillé comme la chienne à Jacques - To be dressed shabbily En faire tout un fromage - Make a big deal Filer un mauvais coton - To be headed for trouble Poser une colle - Ask a difficult/tricky question Tirer les marrons du feu - To pull the chestnuts from the fire Demander une rallonge - Request an extension Finir sur la paille - To end up destitute Partir en piste - To go out and get drunk J’ai un petit creux - I’m a little hungry Parler comme une vache espagnole - Talk like a Spanish cow Il capte rien - He doesn’t understand anything Memorize as many as you like, and be sure to drop them in front of your French-speaking friends! You can learn some of those French slang expressions right here. It gives you a taste of real French, the authentic language of native speakers. When you’re just starting to learn French, you’ve gotta step up and memorize a lot of vocab.Īrgot, or French slang, can make all that memorizing way more fun. Ma40 Authentic French Slang Expressions to Sound Like a Native Speaker

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