Ten More Charming & Essentials French Words
In today’s lesson, we’re adding more charming and essential French words.! I’ve gathered 10 more charming and essential French words that will instantly add some local flavor and playfulness to your vocabulary 🇫🇷
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#1 Ten charming and essential French words
First, we will go through each of the 10 words one by one:
- Estival = Summery/During the summer season
- Une Pantoufle = Slippers
- Chiper = To swipe, to steal, to take away
- Un Tohu-bohu= Hubbub, Commotion, Hustle and Bustle
- Une Coquillette = Elbow Pasta, Elbow Macaroni
- Choupinou = Too cute, Very sweet
- Gnognotte = Of no value, Rubbish, Cheap
- Un méli-mélo = a mix, a jumble, a hodgepodge.
- Une Gambette = a leg
- Fada (de) = Cuckoo, Nut/ To be crazy about
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#2 Ten examples with charming and essential French words
Let’s practice with these examples! Sometimes you need more details, explanations, or you want to make sure to be understood!
- J’adore la météo estivale ! = I love summer weather!
- Ces pantoufles sont très jolies ! = These slippers are very pretty !
- Qui a chipé mon chargeur ? = Who swiped/took away my charger?
- C’était un vrai tohu-bohu à l’aéroport = It was a real commotion at the airport.
- Les coquillettes au beurre sont les pâtes que je préfère ! = Elbow Macaroni and butter is what I prefer.
- Ce petit café est trop choupinou = This small coffeeshop is way too cute
- Il n’achète plus de souvenirs, c’est souvent de la gnognotte ! = He doesn’t buy souvenirs anymore, they’re often cheap and rubbish.
- Cette salade est un méli-mélo de laitue, mâche, et roquette avec des morceaux de pommes = This salad is a jumble of lettuce, lambs lettuce, arugula with pieces of apples.
- On a fait de l’escalade et maintenant on a mal aux gambettes. = We did some rock climbing and our legs hurt now.
- Elle, elle est fada de chocolat noir = She is crazy about dark chocolate.
