Do you know what the expression
"spawning someone" means
?
We hear it on the Isle of Beauty when someone
"makes a joke, a joke"
.
Do you know the meaning of the word
"cleter"
?
In Brittany, it means
"to lock up"
.
If you take a walk in Savoy, and an irresistible urge to sulk takes
hold
of you, you will be told that
"do the potte"
.
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So is the French language.
It is teeming with pretty words and tasty expressions.
Some are specific to a region, others are universal.
Let us take the funny formula
"to transfer his cuti"
.
Did you know that it means
"to radically change your opinion, your way of life, your behavior"
?
We also have the rascal
"juquin"
, which in Norman means a
"henhouse"
, and by extension a
"bed"
.
"Grignon"
,
"bélote"
,
"sweeten the strawberries"
... Can you find the meaning of these words and expressions?
Test your level with this
Figaro
test
.