15 short French expressions that’ll make you sound fluent !



  1. Ça va ? Ça va ! 

    Are you all right ? I am all right !

  2. Bof ! 

    In a way "not really" as in "are you all right ? Bof ! (not really)" or "do you like tomatoes ? Bof ! "

  3. A plus ! 

    See you later !

  4. Bisou bisou !

    xoxo

  5. Hein !

    What ? Don't get it !!

  6. C'est clair !

    “For sure !”, “yeah right”, “you bet”…

  7. Ça m'gonfle ! 

    "I can't take it anymore" or “I am fed up with it”.

  8. C’est TROP bon!

    “trop” means "too much". To express how great something is, we like to say “it is too much good”!

  9. Truc ! 

    "thingy" or "stuff" as in : "give me that "truc"... "I have a lot of "trucs" to do"....

  10. Terriiiiible !! 

    Terrific !! Great !! Awesome !! Wicked !! 

  11. Je kiffe !! ( slang )

    I dig it 

  12. C'est d'la bombe !! ( slang )

    Literally "This is the bomb"... "This is awesome"

  13. J'suis vénère ( slang / backwards language )

    I am "pissed" ! 

  14. Ooh La La

    OMG !! 

  15. Ah bon ??  

    For real !! Really !! Are you kidding !! 

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