Bonjour !
Mobile phones and texts gave rise to new abbreviations in written French for everyday life.
You’ll find them in social media, or any digitally written communication.
Which abbreviations?
What do they mean?
How can you use them?
Today, let’s talk about the French SMS language.
5 easy expression that will help you pass for French
Et toi ?
Have you already seen these abbreviations?
Did you ever see a French abbreviation online that’s still puzzling you?
What’s your favorite word in your own SMS language?
Bonne journée,
Géraldine
Merci Géraldine, great explanation and illustration!
I have teens around me and the way they write sounds just like a foreign language to me 🙂 I have written an article about French acronyms myself. It allowed me to finally understand what ‘BLC’ (one of their favourite ones right now) means… I had a lot of fun writing it so I hope you’ll enjoy it too! https://vidalingua.com/blog/french-internet-slang-abbreviations-acronyms
Well done Christine!
Bonjour Geraldine!
Je voulais juste dire merci beaucoup pour vos vidéos! Ils sont très utiles pour moi car je fais de mon mieux pour améliorer mon français 🙂
Ravie que ça te plaise, Nada !
I wish you had a Patreon account. I’m not ready to sign up for courses. But I would still like to compensate you for the marvelous videos you produce.
Bonjour Kimberley,
Oh… Thanks. No worries at all. I’m glad to share those for free.
Bonjour! Vous êtes très généreuse. Je suppose que c’est un bon outil de marketing pour vous.
Thank you once again. But like you, I would rather use the complete word. But now, if I see these at least I can try to decipher them.
Absolutely, Ros. 🙂
as ever, a super-useful video lesson Géraldine! ???????? some of my favourites en anglais are gr8, b4, btw, omg, imho and lol … but i try to use them sparingly … and tend to write most of my messages full-out ???? I would love to learn more of the french equivalents to these … I use svp and I’ve seen many of the others but not them …
There are no equivalent as these words wouldn’t translate in the same manner.
gr8 = super
b4 = avant
btw = au fait
omg = Mon dieu (mais l’usage est tellement différent qu’on écrit OMG en français aussi)
imho = n’existe pas.
lol = mdr
This will be a very practical video for many people and the transcript is wonderful. As usual, very clever and enjoyable Geraldine!
Glad you like it, Melody. 🙂
how do you do HAHA? It is like LOL but more the laugh you are doing because it is funny. In Spanish it is jeje
Bonjour Craig,
I write “AHAHAH”. 🙂
Beau gosse 😉 Do you know what that means in Québec?
I do. 😉
I absolutely love your videos. This one is particularly practical. Merci.
J’aime “A+” A plus tard.
C’est plutôt amicalement 🙂
Bonjour Olga,
A+ = A plus tard.
Super !
je utilise 1. Bjr-Bonjour 2. slt-Salut 3. MC/mcb-Merci beaucoup 4. AuR- Au revoir 5. cdt-Cordialement 6. Pt – Putain etc.