Merde! The Real French You Were Never Taught at School
Language: English
Published by Angus & Robertson, Australia, 1984
- Hardcover
- Used
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reprint of guide to French slang, explained in a humorous fashion with humorous illustrations, very useful in understanding or formulating insults, some terms may be offensive, each chapter features vocabulary on a topic with test sentences and translations, near fine condition, cover is illustrated, no dustjacket, tiny nick to top edge and a couple of pages are wavy (probably due to a binding problem), 82 pages.
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- Title
- Merde! The Real French You Were Never Taught at School
- Author
- Genevieve, Edis
- Publisher
- Angus & Robertson, Australia
- Publication year
- 1984
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0207149100
- ISBN 13
- 9780207149108
- Illustrator
- Heath, Michael
- Edition
- Reprint
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Seller catalogs
- Non-Fiction
Do you remember when you were learning French at school and looked in vain through your dictionary for all the dirty words? Have you thought you had a reasonable command of the language, then seen a French film or gone to France only to find that you could barely understand a word? You were, of course, never taught "real" French by your boring teachers, who failed to give you the necessary tools of communication while stuffing the subjunctive imperfect down your throat. French "argot" (slang) is not just the dirty words (though, have no fear, you will find them here); it is an immensely rich language with its own words for very ordinary things, words that are in constant use. Here, then, is not an exhaustive or scholarly dictionary of "argot" (that would be ten times thicker) but a guide to survival in understanding everyday French as it is really spoken.
Guidance
Asterisks after "argot" words indicate a degree of rudeness above the ordinary colloquial. Two asterisks show a whopper, although you should not assume that strength and rudeness cause a word to be used less frequently; "au contraire."
When an English definition is underlined, that definition gives a good equivalent flavor, feeling and degree of rudeness of the French word. Good equivalents are not that common, so rely generally on the English definition for the meaning of the French word, on the asterisks for its strength and on the many examples for its usage. Just remember, to be authentic is to be rude.
Copyright © 1984 by Geneviè ve Edis
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