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4 Secrets to Understanding Verlan as a French Language Learner
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4 Secrets to Understanding Verlan as a French Language Learner

As a French language learner, there's nothing more frustrating than thinking you finally speak at a passable level only to encounter words and a way of speaking that you've never heard. For most French learners, verlan poses a particularly annoying difficulty. No matter how fluent you are, the odds are

  • Elisabeth M.
Elisabeth M. Apr 21, 2023 • 6 min read
Top 20 French Slang Words to Get You Talking Like a Native
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Top 20 French Slang Words to Get You Talking Like a Native

As a teacher of people of all ages who want to learn to speak French, I am never surprised when my students ask me about bad words in French. In fact, even adults will ask me to teach them some basic French phrases, and then little French slang to sound

  • Marissa Henry
Marissa Henry Jun 26, 2020 • 6 min read
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