![]() ![]() Here we can see that his location is Le Havre, and his Twitter handle is Philippe_LH (for Le Havre) but when he comes to describe his job the Le disappears.īecause Le Havre is masculine, he describes himself as the Maire du Havre rather than the Maire de Havre (Anne Hidalgo, for example would describe herself as the Maire de Paris).įor place names with ‘Le’ in front of them, you should use prepositions like this: Edouard Philippe’s twitter profile describes him as the ‘Maire du Havre’, using a masculine preposition Le is the most common preposition for two names (probably something to do with the patriarchy) with Le Havre, La Mans, Le Touquet and the town of Le Tampon on the French overseas territory of La Réunion (more on that later)Ī good example of this is Le Havre, a city in northern France where former Prime Minister, Edouard Philippe, who is tipped to one day run for the French presidency, serves as mayor. Have we missed out a phrase that you see all the time? Add your suggestions by emailing įor more words of the day, visit our language section. PEH (pour être honnête) – TBH (to be honest)Ī12C4 (à un de ces quatre) – see you when I see youĬ cho (c’est chaud) – that’s tough/dangerous/difficultĬPG (c’est pas grave) – don’t worry about it STP/SVP (s’il te plaît/s’il vous plaît) – please Definitely not lots of love, as many a red-faced oldie – including former British Prime Minister David Cameron – has found). MDR (mort de rire) – LOL (laugh out loud. Here is a list of some of the most common text abbreviations in France. ![]() Ten key French phrases that will make you sound like a localĪs in English, text speak in France is generally casual and better kept between friends, so we don't suggest that you try these out on your boss or your mother-in-law, unless they use them first.The nine noises that will make you sound French. ![]()
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