How to sound French
Some important short words:
hein = what? but also used to fill in gaps or emphasize
hein ? = what ?
tu viens, hein ? = you're coming right ?
je suis pas content hein = I'm not happy
euh = er
euh je sais pas = er, I don't know. Note the missing "ne" in the colloquial form, the right way would be "je ne sais pas"
ouais (oo - ay) = yeah
ouais ouais j'arrive = yeah yeah I'm coming
nan = nah
nan je viens pas = nah I'm not coming
ben = pronounced like "bien" without an "i", and means the same (good)
ben ouais je viens = well yeah I'm coming
bah = so what
bah quoi ? = so what
ptet = short for peut-ĂȘtre (pronounced peutetr), maybe
ptet ben que oui, ptet ben que non = maybe, maybe not
quoi = what, but you can easily append it to any sentence without adding anything to its meaning
je sais, quoi = je sais = I know
You can combine these almost infinitely to come up with extremely annoying sentences. Think the equivalent of saying "like" every other word
ouais bon ben euh je sais pas, quoi, hein, bah ouais, ptet = I don't know, maybe
Needless to say you should not use any of this.
hein = what? but also used to fill in gaps or emphasize
hein ? = what ?
tu viens, hein ? = you're coming right ?
je suis pas content hein = I'm not happy
euh = er
euh je sais pas = er, I don't know. Note the missing "ne" in the colloquial form, the right way would be "je ne sais pas"
ouais (oo - ay) = yeah
ouais ouais j'arrive = yeah yeah I'm coming
nan = nah
nan je viens pas = nah I'm not coming
ben = pronounced like "bien" without an "i", and means the same (good)
ben ouais je viens = well yeah I'm coming
bah = so what
bah quoi ? = so what
ptet = short for peut-ĂȘtre (pronounced peutetr), maybe
ptet ben que oui, ptet ben que non = maybe, maybe not
quoi = what, but you can easily append it to any sentence without adding anything to its meaning
je sais, quoi = je sais = I know
You can combine these almost infinitely to come up with extremely annoying sentences. Think the equivalent of saying "like" every other word
ouais bon ben euh je sais pas, quoi, hein, bah ouais, ptet = I don't know, maybe
Needless to say you should not use any of this.
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