Aesthetic in my veins

Beautiful pics for your mind and soul

[28onlythebrave]

me like this for the next three days

[some-people-call-it-tragic]

I am never not thinking of you

[sunsetscurving]

dimanche 20h41

[mickeyisak]

lucas lallement: pettiest bitch in all of france

[skamnl]

I Killed My Mother (2009) | SKAM France: Season 3 (2019)

[skamsremakes]

gifs can’t do it justice

[vexedtonightmares]

Break up with your girlfriend, I’m bored

I had to do this

[skamfrsubs]

French Language - Episode 1

An anon asked me a few days ago to talk about the French langage a bit more, with examples taken from skam france

First, let me say that I am in no way a French langage specialist, so this post is just about my experience with French, and French culture, which is influenced by where I lived. I am not from Paris.

But let’s talk about French.

There are four levels of French, I would call them:

“Familiar French” : it’s the way people talk with friends or family, in non formal conversations. Sentences are simplified, we pronounce words quicker, etc..

“Polished French” is the ‘correct’ French, you are more careful of what you are saying. Sentences are longer, sometimes more complex. We use words that we don’t often use. It’s basically when you say something the same way that you would write it.

“Normal French” is basically a correct French, that you can use in more formal conversations. For example, with your teachers.

And then you have “Popular French” which is more dependant on your social circles. (like teenagers will understand each other because they have the same references. Group of friends might also use some references and not others)

There’s 'argot’ (slang) and 'verlan’ mostly. Now most of the terms are well known, but it was invented so that people outside of the group couldn’t understand.

Verlan is basically an inversion of syllables in a word.

For example, a lot of times you can hear 'les meufs’ which means ’(the) girls.’ it’s the verlan of “femmes” /fam/ became /mœf/ because you start with the last syllable (m) and you finish with the first (f)

Examples taken from the clips

CLIP 2

Arthur says “elle est terrible”, which means 'terrible’ but in the context, it means she’s very sexy

Yann uses ’target’ instead of the French word 'cible’

Arthur says “la taille de ses einss” instead of “la taille de ses seins”. The last s is silent so he starts with the last syllable (ein) and finishes with the first s.

Often, the boys calls the group “les gars” which is a very common way to indicate you’re talking to everyone in the group (even if there are girls. You say “hey, les gars”. I would say that if you want to only talk to the guys, you would say “les mecs” but that might be just me. Anyways, les mecs, les gars = 'guys’ .

Arthur says : on s'en bat les couilles" which is a common way to say “I don’t care.” but it’s vulgar. I guess the correct translation would be 'we don’t give a damn.“

Yann calls Arthur ”gros“ which is an equivalent to "man” kind of. It literally means “fat” but it doesn’t have any connotation to fat anymore, at least in my experience. It’s just a name to call a friend.

Chloé says ’putain’. (fuck). French people say putain when they’re sad, when they are happy, when they are frustrated, all the time, for no reason at all. No matter the context, you can say putain.

Basile refers to Maria as “ta pote” : ton/ ta pote means “your friend”

Clip 3

La beuh = weed

Keufs (verlan of flic which is a slang for police) = policemen

Elle est vénère (verlan of énervée) = she’s mad, she’s furious

T'es relou (verlan of lourd) = you’re annoying

Bordel = mess

Lucas says ’Tema la vue’ instead of 'mate la vue’ (or regarde la vue) = see the view

Manon says 'c'est canon, sérieux’ (it’s awesome, seriously). Sérieux is also a word we use a lot, to say 'really’

'Canon’ can be used to describe a person as well.

'tu t'éclates à Londres’ (have fun in London) literally translates to 'blow yourself in London’

Clip 4

’t'es degueu’ is a short version of 'dégueulasse’ (disgusting)

Basile says ’vachement plus ’ (way more). Vachement is a word we use a lot, it comes from 'vache’ (cow)

’kiffe ton foyer’ (love your common room) : the verb kiffer is used to say 'like/love’. It can be used to talk about things as well as someone. Daphné uses the same word to say the headmaster liked their project.

Boloss = slang word for loser

Chanmé (verlan of méchant, = mean) means… Cool, great, badass even maybe.

Basile says “Daphné est hyper bonne”. Bonne means sexy, but it’s considered vulgar. It means a girl has a great body, that she’s 'fuckable’ kind of.

Clip 5

Mater = checking someone out but can also mean simply to watch

Bouffon = idiot, dumbass

“nous aussi ça nous saoule” ( it’s annoying for us too) literally means “it makes us drunk too”

Bavarder = to talk, to chat (with friends).

Clip 6

“c'est pas ouf” (it’s not great) is the verlan of fou which means crazy

“tu l'as pecho ? ” (did you hook up with her) is the verlan of choper (to catch)

“ton blaze, tu mets Baz” blaze means nickname/name/user name" so it’s a joke because Baz rhymes with Blaze.

Clip 7

“c'était chelou” (it was weird) is the verlan of louche which means weird or suspect. It means something is not right, but you can’t point out exactly what, I would say.

Eliott says “elle était bizarre cette réunion” which means the same as Lucas’ answer. Eliott uses the correct French word while Lucas uses slang.

I have to say that some people think the way that they talk is not realistic, that some words aren’t used anymore, but others think it’s okay.

[eliottdemauries]

as troy bolton once said, this could be the start of something new.

[atraversso]

Calming ♡

Credit: Paul Henegan

[theloseyourmindnb]

just a little reminder that i posted this in february (◔◡◔✿)

[harenae]

[itachi-with-a-chicken]

I will remember you

Under the lights of rome

[shame-in-italian]

Skam Italia // God’s Own Country.

[lovrodevics]

Parallels. (requested by anonymous)

[skammohn]

skam scene parallels: city scenes

skam: oslo, norway

skam italia: rome, italy

druck: berlin, germany

skam austin: austin, texas, usa

skam france: paris, france

[incantieduardo]

the summer’s wild and i’ve been waiting for you all this time. i adore you, can’t you see you’re meant for me? the summer’s hot but i’ve been cold without you. i was so wrong not to doubt your medellín tangerine dreams.