Accents de France
French Listening Comprehension
Study Guide
Take a look at the following for help with any vocabulary you might not have understood in the discussion about accents in France, then take the test.
| appuyer | to press, stress |
| argot | slang |
| bouffé | (familiar) eaten, swallowed |
| censé | supposed to |
| choper | (informal) to steal |
| une enquête | study, investigation |
| réperer | to pick out, notice |
| le soubassement | base, bedrock |
| un truc | (informal) thing |
| Notes | |
| boudi | Regionalism for "bon dieu," to express astonishment, like "Oh, là, là !" |
| une colo | apocope of colonie de vacances |
| chti | Adjective for "chtimi," the patois of the north. |
| de suite | Regionalism for "tout de suite" |
| parigot | (informal) Parisian |
| Parler comme un livre | S'exprimer très bien et très précisément |
| Picardie | la Picardie est la région au nord-est de Paris qui comprend trois départements, l'Aisne, l'Oise et la Somme. |
| que veux-tu que | pourquoi veux-tu que - "que" au sens de "pourquoi" est un régionalisme. |
| Accents de France French Listening Comprehension Exercise |
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