7 everyday French expressions you won't find in a textbook
Coffee Break French
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🗓️ 13 April 2026
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
Max breaks down seven essential French words and expressions you'll hear every day in France but probably never learned in a textbook. You'll hear them in context, explore real-life examples, and understand the subtle nuances behind each one. Which one will you start using straight away?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Salu, it's Max the Coffee Break French. Today I'm going to talk to you about the real |
| 0:09.2 | French language that people actually use every day. So it's not the textbook proper version. |
| 0:16.9 | It's not come si, come sa or je ne se pa, kind of things. |
| 0:22.7 | No, today we'll go straight into French slang words and expressions |
| 0:27.0 | you can use to sound instantly more natural. |
| 0:31.9 | All right, it's part. So I'm Max from Coffee Break French. |
| 0:46.3 | And why are we making this video? |
| 0:49.3 | Well, some of our students tell us the same thing. |
| 0:53.3 | I can understand French until French people start talking. |
| 0:58.0 | And fair enough, it can be true. |
| 1:01.0 | That's because we don't speak like textbooks. |
| 1:04.0 | We shorten things, we twist words, we break grammar rules, and that's totally normal. So in this video I'm giving |
| 1:14.1 | you a short powerful set of slang words or expressions that you'll hear every |
| 1:19.9 | single day in France. By the end you'll know exactly how to use them and you'll |
| 1:25.6 | sound way more confident and way more natural. |
| 1:30.2 | All right, let's start simple with the word we. Wee. We almost never say we in casual conversations. |
| 1:41.3 | We say we. It's more relaxed, it's friendly and super common. An example, |
| 1:48.8 | Tu vien this soir? Yeah. Are you coming tonight? Yeah? Okay, perfect. Let's move on to the second |
| 1:57.6 | word. With the same idea, instead of saying no, you will hear no. |
| 2:04.2 | As if it was an A-N, really. |
| 2:06.7 | No. |
| 2:07.9 | It's not rude at all, just informal. |
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