What They Didn't Teach You in French Class: Slang Phrases for the Cafe, Club, Bar, Bedroom, Ball Game and More - Hardcover

Clautrier, Adrien; Rowe, Henry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 161243682X ISBN 13: 9781612436821

Publisher: Ulysses Press, 2017

Synopsis

Sipping a café au lait at a sidewalk bistro...
Getting down at Paris’s hottest club...
Cheering on Les Bleus at the stadium...

Drop the textbook formality and chat with the locals in France’s everyday language.

• What’s up? Ça va?
• She’s totally hot. Elle est bandante.
• This party is lit! Cette bringue est enflammée!
• That brie smells funky. Ce brie sent putain de drôle.
• Wanna French kiss? On se roule une pelle?
• That ref is a moron. L’arbitre est un abruti.

About this title

About the Author

Adrien Clautrier is a self-employed mechanic born and raised in Marseille, France. A motorcycle and automobile enthusiast, he has completed two US coast-to-coast trips, one on a Harley Davidson and the other in a Cadillac. When he is not in his garage or on the road, he reads non-stop (especially Frédéric Dard’s San Antonio series) or listens to the stand-up comedies of the late French comedian Coluche.

Henry Rowe left Berkeley to play soccer in France. He never made it out of the amateur ranks, but stayed for the used bookstores and St-Émilion wine cellars. He currently lives in Ménilmontant in Paris, frequents Mon Chien Stupide, and listens to everything from Serge Gainsbourg to Toulouse’s Jerry Spider Gang.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ulysses Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 161243682X
• ISBN 13: 9781612436821
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 192