A saucy guide to survival in everyday French. With chapters on insults, sex, drink and those expressive Gallic gestures, this book reveals the necessary vocabulary, explains its proper use and gives examples and exercises for the eager student.

The Complete Merde (Real French You Were Never Taught at School)

Geneviève

Humor & Entertainment

Harpercollins

Merde!

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Fontana Press

Person To Person, Third Edition: Level 2 Teacher's Book

RICHARDS

Jack C.; Bycina

David; Wisniewska

Ingrid; Kocienda

Oxford University Press

Learn all the French argot (slang), dirty words, and necessary tools of communication your teachers left out of their lesson plans with this essential survival guide to understanding everyday French.Deliciously saucy and full of wit Merde! is a practical guide for understanding French, as it really is spoken. This real-life resource is for anyone who remembers thumbing through English/French dictionaries for such words as "toilet paper" and "damn," as well as for the far more interesting, titillating terms that would never be used in polite conversation. But real French isn't spoken with the intent of being polite… With epithets for every occasion, a range of colorful idioms, and a wealth of come-ons and put-downs, this is the only language book you'll need to prepare for a trip to the city of lights.

Merde ! - the Real French You Were Never Taught at School

HarperCollins, Publishers

Merde Encore!

Atheneum

1995, trade paperback reprint edition (of a work first published in 1986), later printing, Fireside Books / Simon &amp; Schuster, NY. 102 pages. Humorous illustrations by Michael Heath. When we had our high school French classes, we learned "proper French." And, of course, we wanted the real stuff, the dirty words, the street slang, the wild phrases that had nothing to do with "proper." Finally, we have it here, with a focus on: the body / love / sex / food and drink / money matters / and a few things none of us ever talk about (except in private, of course). Not for the faint of heart.

Merde! The Real French You Were Never Taught at School

Michael Heath

Humor

Fireside

Merde Encore! once again provides the spice that makes all those laborious hours of studying the subjunctive imperfect worthwhile--a hilarious guide that is an invaluable key to a richly varied form of expression. 15 line drawings.

Merde Encore! More of the Real French You Were Never Taught in School

Learn all the French argot (slang), dirty words, and necessary tools of communication your teachers left out of their lesson plans with this essential survival guide to understanding everyday French. Deliciously saucy and full of wit Merde! is a practical guide for understanding French, as it really is spoken. This real-life resource is for anyone who remembers thumbing through English/French dictionaries for such words as "toilet paper" and "damn," as well as for the far more interesting, titillating terms that would never be used in polite conversation. But real French isn't spoken with the intent of being polite… With epithets for every occasion, a range of colorful idioms, and a wealth of come-ons and put-downs, this is the only language book you'll need to prepare for a trip to the city of lights.

Merde!: The Real French You Were Never Taught at School (Sexy Slang Series)

Heath, Michael

GALLERY BOOKS

Sacre Bleu!!! Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the café... For those of you who delighted in Geneviève's deliciously naughty first book, Merde!, and for those unfortunate few who have not yet had the pleasure...Geneviève is back with Merde Encore! Here the inimitable Geneviève makes further fabulous forays into French argot and comes up with an enormous range of colorful idioms, essential for anyone who wants to speak the language as it really is spoken. As an additional treat, she also gives instructions in the correct use of impassioned Gallic gestures -- those silent but expressive signals so beloved of the French motorist and shopkeeper. And, most important, she reveals how the French language, both spoken and visual, is a key to the spirit and character of the people who use it. With infectious humor, she exposes the idiosyncratic attitudes that have produced so great a wealth of vivid expressions. So now discover how the French really feel about sex, food, la belle France, foreigners, hygiene, death...Merde Encore! may confirm what you've always suspected.

Merde Encore!: More of the Real French You Were Never Taught at School (Sexy Slang Series)

Merde: The Real French You Were Never Taught at School

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