Showing posts with label SMS / Abbreviations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SMS / Abbreviations. Show all posts

Monday, June 6, 2011

C'est -> c

= C'est
= It is

"C pas ça"
= "That's not it"

Mais -> ms

= Mais
= But

"Je voudrais l'acheter ms j'ai plus de thunes"
= "I'd like to get it but I'm broke"

Comment -> cmt

= Comment
= How

"Je sais pas cmt il l'a fait"
= "I don't know how he did it"

Qu'est-ce qu'il y a -> ksk y a

= Qu'est-ce qu'il y a
= What's going on

"Ca va ? Ksk y a ?"
= "How are you? Is everything OK?"

Mort de rire -> mdr

= Mort De Rire
= LOL

"Finalement il était 2h en retard, mdr !"
= "In the end he was 2h late, lol!"

Monday, March 28, 2011

-tion → °

IMAGE: "Text messages" Message on Cell
Phone Screen (Tom Grill/Corbis)
= Forme raccourcie d'écrire la terminaison -tion d'un mot
= Shortened way of writing the ending -tion in a word
Note: Written form only

"J'ai une bonne forma°"
= "J'ai une bonne formation"
= "I have a good education"

Beaucoup → bcp

IMAGE: "Text messages" Message on Cell
Phone Screen (Tom Grill/Corbis)


= Beaucoup
= A lot
Note: SMS only

"J'ai pas bcp de temps"
= "I don't have a lot of time"

Pourquoi → pk

IMAGE: "Text messages" Message on Cell
Phone Screen (Tom Grill/Corbis)
= Pourquoi
= Why
Note: SMS only

"Tu pars déjà ? Pk ?"
= "You're leaving already? Why?"

Quelqu'un → qqn

IMAGE: "Text messages" Message on Cell
Phone Screen (Tom Grill/Corbis)


= Quelqu'un (m)
= Someone
Note: SMS only

"Qqn m'a dit que tu m'aimes"
= "Someone told me you like me"

Quelque chose → qqch

IMAGE: "Text messages" Message on Cell
Phone Screen (Tom Grill/Corbis)


= Quelque chose (f)
= Something
Note: SMS only

"Tu veux que j'achète qqch pour demain ?"
= "Do you want me to buy something for tomorrow?"

À plus tard → a+, ++

IMAGE: "Text messages" Message on Cell
Phone Screen (Tom Grill/Corbis)

 = À plus tard
= See you later
Note: "++" is SMS only, "à plus" is used in conversations also.

"Je te laisse travailler, a+ !"
= "I'm going to let you get to work, see you later!"

"Tu viendras ce soir ? ++"
= "Are you coming tonight? See you"

Rendez-vous → rdv

IMAGE: "Text messages" Message on Cell
Phone Screen (Tom Grill/Corbis)


= Rendez-vous (m)
= a meeting
Note: SMS only

"Rdv à 22h ce soir ?"
= "Meet you at 10 PM tonight ?"

Salut → slt

IMAGE: "Text messages" Message on Cell
Phone Screen (Tom Grill/Corbis)


= Salut
= Hi
Note: SMS only

"Slt ! C'est moi, Philippe !"
= "Hi! It's me, Philippe!"

Coucou → cc

IMAGE: "Text messages" Message on Cell

              Phone Screen (Tom Grill/Corbis).


= Salut
= Hi
Note: SMS only

"Cc ! Ça va ?"
= "Hi! What's up?"

jamais → jms

IMAGE: "Text messages" Message on Cell

Phone Screen (Tom Grill/Corbis).


= Jamais
= Never
Note: SMS only

"Il est jms à l'heure"
= "He's never on time"

Avec → ac

IMAGE: "Text messages" Message on Cell
              Phone Screen (Tom Grill/Corbis).


= Avec
= With
Note: SMS only

"Tu viens ac nous ?"
= "Are you coming with us?"

tout → tt

IMAGE: "Text messages" Message on Cell
Phone Screen (Tom Grill/Corbis)


= Tout, toute
= Everything, all... (depends on the context)
Note: SMS only

"À tt de suite !"
= "See you soon!"

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Coloc (m/f)

= Colocataire
= Roommate

"Mon nouveau coloc a l'air cool"
= My new roommate seems cool"

Texto (m)

IMAGE: "Text messages" Message on Cell
Phone Screen (Tom Grill/Corbis)
= Message (m) sur un téléphone portable
= Text message / SMS

"Je t'enverrai un texto quand je rentrerai"
= "I'll send you an SMS when I get home"