FREN 3051 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Franglais, Verlan, French Grammar
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3 master the different ways of asking. The street french way is seldom explained in traditional classes or study guides. If it"s an (cid:1688)information question,(cid:1689) the interrogative expression will be shoved to the end: (cid:1688)tu habites o ? (cid:1689) (where do you live?) In spoken french, it is often reinforced by the word (cid:1688) a(cid:1689): (cid:1688)tu habites o a? (cid:1689) With the modern glidings, the (cid:1688)tu habites(cid:1689) becomes (cid:1688)t"habites(cid:1689) in spoken french; hence the title of this article: (cid:1688)tabeetousa. (cid:1689) The next one is (cid:1688)tu fais quoi ? (cid:1689) (it sounds like (cid:1688)tufaykwa(cid:1689) in modern french) (cid:1688)what are you doing (right now or for a living/ what are you studying)? (cid:1689: (cid:1688)le parler d"jeunes(cid:1689) (millenium french slang expressions) Spoken french: comme je me suis mang la gueule ! Formal french: ah la la, je suis vraiment tomb fort! Gosh, i fell hard: (cid:1688)le verlan(cid:1689) (common french practice consisting of inverting the order of syllables in a word),
