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

By Adrien Clautrier and Henry Rowe

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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ulysses Press
• Release date: Oct 15, 2017
• ISBN: 9781612437309

Reviews for What They Didn't Teach You in French Class

[ladycato · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This is an amusing, pocket-sized hardcover that does what the title professes to do: instructs the reader in French that is too in the vernacular or crude to be taught in any standard class. One of the major downsides: the book assumes basic knowledge of French and provides no pronunciation guides, which is something I would have found incredibly useful.While the book does have some very vulgar chapters regarding sex and insults, much of the book doesn't go that far, instead elaborating on good lines for various social situations ranging from bars to playing video games. There are also handy cultural insights, such as that the French really do like insults along scatological lines such as in Monty Python and the Holy Grail ("I fart in your general direction!").