Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Verlan - French Slang àlenvers
Verlan - French Slang lenvers Verlan is a form of French slang that consists of playing around with syllables, kind of along the same lines as pig Latin. Unlike pig Latin, however, verlan is actively spoken in France. Many verlan words have become so commonplace that they are used in everyday French. To verlan a word, simply separate it into syllables, reverse them, and put the word back together. In order to maintain the correct pronunciation, the verlaned word often undergoes some spelling adjustments. Unnecessary letters are dropped, while other letters are added to make pronunciation logical. There are no real rules for this; its just something to be aware of. Note that not every word can or should be verlaned; verlan is used essentially to emphasize or hide the meaning of the main word(s) in a sentence. How It Works Lets start with the word lenvers, which means the reverse. Separate lenvers into its two syllables len and vers. Invert them, put them together into a single word, and then adjust the spelling: lenvers... len vers... vers len... verslen... verslen... verlen... verlan Thus, you can see that verlan is lenvers pronounced lenvers (reverse pronounced in reverse). Lets try another example: pourri... pou rri... rri pou... rripou... ripou Most single-syllable words are just pronounced backwards. fou oufcool (from English) looc Take It a Step Further The above examples are pretty simple, but verlan gets more complicated when it comes to the e muet, which is a very important sound in verlan. Words that end in e muet (like femme) and words which end in a pronounced consonant and which usually have an e muet sound tacked onto the end (like flic, which is usually pronounced flique) retain the sound of the e muet when they are verlaned. In addition, when the syllables are reversed, the resulting final vowel sound is sometimes dropped. flic... fli keu... keu fli... keufli... keuffemme... fa meu... meu fa... meufa... meufarabe... a ra beu... beu ra a... beura... beur Verlan was invented as a secret language, a way for people (notably youths, drug users, and criminals) to communicate freely in front of authority figures (parents, police). Because much of verlan has become incorporated into French, verlan continues to evolve - sometimes words are re-verlaned. Beur, commonly heard in the 1980s, has been reversed again to reub. Keuf has been re-verlaned to feuk, with a bonus - it now resembles a vulgar word in English. Here are some common verlan terms that you should be able to recognize. Remember that verlan is a form of slang, so you probably shouldnt use it when talking to someone you vouvoie. balpeau   verlan of peau de ballemeaning: nothing, zip barjot   verlan of jobardmeaning: crazy, insane un beur (now reub)   un Arabemeaning: Arab blà ©ca   verlan of cablà ©meaning: trendy, in un brelica   verlan of un calibremeaning: revolver une cecla   verlan of une classemeaning: class cà ©fran   verlan of franà §aismeaning: French chanmà ©Ã‚   verlan of mà ©chantmeaning: mean, nasty chà ©bran   verlan of branchà ©meaning: cool, plugged in chelou   verlan of louchemeaning: shady, dubious une cinepi   verlan of une piscinemeaning: pool une deban   verlan of une bandemeaning: group, band un skeud   verlan of un disquemeaning: record, album fais ià ¨che   verlan of fais chiermeaning: its boring, annoying un fà ©ca   verlan of un cafà ©meaning: cafà © à ªtre au fumpar   verlan of à ªtre au parfummeaning: to be in the know une gnolba   verlan of une bagnolemeaning: car, junker geudin   verlan of dinguemeaning: crazy jourbon   verlan of bonjourmeaning: hello un kebla   verlan of un Black (from English)meaning: black person kà ©blo   verlan of bloquà ©meaning: blocked, caught un keuf (now feuk)   verlan of un flicmeaning: police officer (equivalent to cop, copper, pig) un keum   verlan of un mecmeaning: guy, dude laisse bà ©ton   verlan of laisse tombermeaning: forget it, drop it un là ©pou   verlan of un pouletmeaning: police officer (equivalent to cop, copper, pig) looc   verlan of cool (from English)meaning: cool une meuf   verlan of une femmemeaning: woman, wife ouf   verlan of foumeaning: crazy pà ©cho   verlan of une chopermeaning: to steal, nick; to get caught une pà ©clot   verlan of une clopemeaning: cigarette le pera   verlan of le rapmeaning: rap (music) un quà ¨m   verlan of un mecmeaning: guy une raquebar   verlan of une baraquemeaning: house relou   verlan of lourdmeaning: heavy les rempa   verlan of les parentsmeaning: parents un reuf   verlan of un frà ¨remeaning: brother une reum   verlan of une mà ¨remeaning: mother un reup   verlan of un pà ¨remeaning: father une reus   verlan of une sÅ“urmeaning: sister ripou   verlan of pourrimeaning: rotten, corrupt la siquemu / la sicmu   verlan of la musiquemeaning: music un sub   verlan of un busmeaning: bus à ªtre dans le tarcol   verlan of à ªtre dans le coltarmeaning: to be exhausted une teibou   verlan of une bouteillemeaning: bottle une teuf   verlan of une fà ªtemeaning: party tirape   verlan of partirmeaning: to leave tisor   verlan of sortirmeaning: to go out une tof   verlan of une photomeaning: photograph la tourv   verlan of la voituremeaning: car le tromà ©Ã‚   verlan of le mà ©tromeaning: subway zarbi   verlan of bizarremeaning: strange un zarfal   verlan of un falzarmeaning: pants, trousers une zesgon   verlan of une gonzessemeaning: girl, chick zyva   verlan of vas-ymeaning: go
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