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| INTRODUCTION |
| Eric: Words Often Used In Daily Conversation |
| Eric: Hi everyone, and welcome back to FrenchPod101.com. I'm Eric. |
| Yasmine: And I'm Yasmine! |
| Eric: This is Must-Know French Slang Words and Phrases, Season 1, Lesson 24. In this lesson you'll learn Words Often Used In Daily Conversation. |
| Eric: People use these all the time in daily conversation. |
| SLANG EXPRESSIONS |
| Eric: The expressions you will be learning in this lesson are: |
| Yasmine: blague |
| Yasmine: vachement |
| Yasmine: machin |
| Yasmine: en fait |
| Eric: Yasmine, what's our first expression? |
| Yasmine: blague |
| Eric: When it's used as a slang expression it means "joke." |
| Yasmine: [SLOW] blague [NORMAL] blague |
| Eric: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Yasmine: blague |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Eric: Use this expression when you want to talk about jokes. It is less formal than " |
| Yasmine: plaisanterie, |
| Eric: which has the same meaning, and shorter, which is why many people use it. |
| Eric : Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Yasmine: [NORMAL] Sa blague était très drôle. [SLOW] Sa blague était très drôle. |
| Eric: "Their joke was very funny." |
| Yasmine: [NORMAL] Sa blague était très drôle. |
| Eric: Okay, what's the next expression? |
| Yasmine: vachement |
| Eric: literally meaning "very." But when it's used as a slang expression it means "really." |
| Yasmine: [SLOW] vachement [NORMAL] vachement |
| Eric: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Yasmine: vachement |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Eric: Use this slang expression when you want to emphasize something. It can be both used with positive or negative words. It is stronger than |
| Yasmine: très, |
| Eric: meaning “very”. |
| Eric : Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Yasmine: [NORMAL] Ce gâteau est vachement bon! [SLOW] Ce gâteau est vachement bon! |
| Eric: "This cake is really good!" |
| Yasmine: [NORMAL] Ce gâteau est vachement bon! |
| Eric: Okay, what's our next expression? |
| Yasmine: machin |
| Eric: literally meaning "thing." But when it's used as a slang expression it means "thingamabob, thingy." |
| Yasmine: [SLOW] machin [NORMAL] machin |
| Eric: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Yasmine: machin |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Eric: Use this slang expression when you talk about something you don't remember the name of. It can also be used to replace people when you don't remember their name. |
| Eric : Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Yasmine: [NORMAL] Ta réunion de travail avec Machin s'est bien passée? [SLOW] Ta réunion de travail avec Machin s'est bien passée? |
| Eric: "Did your business meeting with what's-his/her-name go well?" |
| Yasmine: [NORMAL] Ta réunion de travail avec Machin s'est bien passée? |
| Eric: Okay, what's the last expression? |
| Yasmine: en fait |
| Eric: literally meaning "in fact." But when it's used as a slang expression it means "actually." |
| Yasmine: [SLOW] en fait [NORMAL] en fait |
| Eric: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Yasmine: en fait |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Eric: Use this slang expression when you want to give your honest opinion about something. |
| Eric : Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Yasmine: [NORMAL] En fait, ce n'est pas tout à fait ça. [SLOW] En fait, ce n'est pas tout à fait ça. |
| Eric: "Actually, that's not quite it." |
| Yasmine: [NORMAL] En fait, ce n'est pas tout à fait ça. |
| QUIZ |
| Eric: Okay listeners, are you ready to be quizzed on the expressions you just learned? I will describe four situations, and you will choose the right expression to use in your reply. Are you ready? |
| Eric: You use this word to add emphasis to an adjective. |
| Yasmine: vachement |
| Eric: "really" |
| Eric: You want to show that what you said wasn’t true, you just said it to entertain your friends. |
| Yasmine: blague |
| Eric: "joke" |
| Eric: You are talking to your friends, and add this in front of the sentence to add emphasis. |
| Yasmine: en fait |
| Eric: "actually" |
| Eric: You use this word to replace another one which you can’t remember. |
| Yasmine: machin |
| Eric: "thingamabob, thingy" |
Outro |
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| Eric: There you have it; you have mastered four French Slang Expressions! We have more vocab lists available at FrenchPod101.com so be sure to check them out. Thanks everyone, and see you next time! |
| Yasmine: Au revoir! |
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