Hi Fred, you're videos are fantastic, and I really need to thank you for them. I don't know how much time you've devoted to understanding languages and how learning them works but you are an incredible teacher. So please keep your videos coming. Thanks a lot. Bonne journee!
Bonjour fred Your videos are all great but I think that this one is the best after re watching it. You detail very important vocab, and you get straight to the point without too much analysis (although i do understand you wish to show off your linguistic knowledge) more videos like this one please! :)
I really appreciate these videos. I learned French in school a very long time ago, but it was all "book" French. I lived in Paris for three months, also a long time ago, and it took a lot of effort to understand what was going on. These videos would have helped greatly. Now I just like to work to retain the French I learned, and possibly improve it a bit. I wonder if "bouffe" is similar to the English word "chow", which means "food" but it's not a word you'd ever use to describe a meal at a fine resto or carefully prepared by a friend. In addition, we have the very phrase "chow down", which seems to match "bouffer". In English (I'm not sure if it's just American English), "chow" is often used to refer to animal food: dog chow, etc. Would "bouffe" be used the same way?
Fred I really enjoy your videos. I have one question how do you spell the phrase mec do you have a cigarette en français exactement comme la façon que t'a utilisé dans cette vidéo? Aussi je crois il faut mieux si tu ajoutes les sous-titres en français pour les étrangers.
Thank you for making this video about French slang... and although this is off topic, I must say that you look VERY handsome in this video. You're one fine looking guy :)
Your videos are the best. Your english is beyond perfect. In the few years I've been learning french no one has ever explained Spoken French as good as you do. I'd like ask you some more questions about slang. I'm a bit of a French nerd lol. Gueule- y'en a trop des expression qui emploient ce mot là. Et est ce que ca veut dire "bouche" et "hangover" aussi? Genre- est ce que c'est l'equivilent de "kind of" parce que des fois je l'entends a la fin d'une phrase surtout quand quelqu'un est énervé. Oula, Oh la la,- c'est quoi la difference. et est ce que c'est péjorative parce que nous aux états unis on pense que ca a rapport avec l'amour. Là dessus- je l'entends tout le temps et j'aimerais savoir les différents contextes de ce mot là. Éclatir- (je devine l'orthographe) un de les verbes que j'entends souvent. "Je m'eclate" Du coup- est ce que c'est un peu comme bref? Par contre- est ce que c'est un peu comme cependant ou Pourtant Je kif - ca veut dire "Like" mais est ce qu'il y a beaucoup des expressions avec ce mot? "Je m'en vais, Faut que j'y aille, Je dois aller, J'y vais -Which one actually means I'm leaving?? Lol On se parle- est ce qu'on peut l'utiliser pour parler dans le futur? "On se parle si tu veux lundi soir" c'est pas "on se parlera" ? Jsais que c'est beaucoup que je vous ai demandé à expliquer mais vous m'avez déjà beaucoup aidé à comprendre. Peut être c'est de bon matériel pour une nouvelle video? Merci encore! :) :) :)
+Fred Grün Thanks for responding! You're so awesome et j'ai hate d'entendre ce que vous allez dire. The French in school vs what natives speak is not even the same language to me. I've met so many French majors who think they are fluent and then understand absolutely nothing when they go to a Francophone country because they speak like Balzac. 😂
There's 2 things I don't get at the beginning. 1. What was his translation for "these days"? Sounded something like "cette ancie"? 2. He said that "I'm working all the time" would tranlate as "j'arrive pas de bosser" (si je me trompe pas!) which is like "I'm not managing to work" which is the opposite? I'm sure I just heard wrong, but can someone help me please! Merci bien :)
President of United States je me fiche de sa parole hahahah Iam really laughing midnight after a hard day .. it’s 1am in India thanks for the video informative too.
Don't use "Foutre" with older people, because it is a word that was very crude not so long time ago. It has lost a lot of it's crudeness, but there are still people who would consider it as dirty. Originally, "S'en foutre" meant "to jerk off". "Je m'en fout" = "I jerk off on that". " Usually accompanied by the "J'm'en branle" gesture. You can really offend people. Keep it within the younger generation. "Va te faire foutre", "Go get yourself assf*cked". The younger generation has soften its original meaning, but I would very much advise against the use of "Foutre". "Ficher" is less crude and older people won't like it, but to a far less extend than "Foutre".
***** Aye, what is the cost of living in france. Je vie aux etas unit d'Amérique et je suit entrain d'etudie(r/z) l'architecture. Mais je tiens à faire des études en France pour 2 ans mais je ne sais pas if I can afford it. Hahah As you can see I'm trying to learn French by myself loll Do you know a region in france that is not as expensive as Paris that a middle class American can afford?
