Some Language Things I Learned In France #1
My keyboard doesn't have accents, whoops. Anyway here’s just a few things I noticed while in France
Volia is used a lot. I thought it was a stereotype but nope you use it essentially as a filler word. Still has that sort of “here” or “look” connotation
Je ne sais pas becomes “chepas”. I know this because I said this around 50 times a day
Je suis is chuis. idk how to spell it like how it sounds, but basically only pronounce the “suis” part
S’il te plait tends to be rushed together, sounding more like “silt plate”
Ca va is used! so much! When you greet someone, ca va? When you come back from school, ca va? When someone comes back from work, ca va? When you’re meeting up with friends, ca va? Someone looks off, ca va bien? Finalizing plans, ca va aller?
Qu’est ce qu’il y a is pronounced more like “qu’est qui ya”
Sometimes instead of saying oui or ouais people do this sharp inhalation of air. I don’t know how to describe it, but when I first heard it I thought they were in pain. It’s like you’re going to say the word “oui” but instead you gasp. Men and women, young and old use this and it always means yes
I had heard prior to that no one in France basically uses nous, but honestly they used nous more than on where I was (although I was surrounded by older people). My point is that you don’t have to make a big effort to use -on to sound more French
For negation, however, ne is definitely dropped. It actually makes the sentence flow much nicer/quicker, and it’s a natural thing to do. I actually got points off in French class for doing it in writing tho so don’t completely forget
T’es con = you’re crazy
Tais toi = shut up
Fait chier = sucks (can also mean damn)
You can merge swear words together. I heard a dude use putain de connard de merde and I was shook like you can dO THAT?
Je m’en tape = I don’t care
That’s all for right now!
