French swear words

If you learn French in French courses, you miss out on the French swear words you would probably hear a lot in the streets. If you are lucky to study French in France, you will of course be able to learn these French words quickly. Otherwise come back to read more French swear words here

Merde: French-English translation and use

Study French in France each day by reading new French words on the toilet…

Literary "merde" means the brown stuff the French deposit in their French toilet each day… Yet it is not used as such.

The French language uses merde when:

• like on the picture: Merde! : the Microsoft stock dropped 10 points…
  
• like you ran fast to catch the bus but… Merde! I just missed it
• like you forget the appointment with your boss… Merde!

So the French word "merde" is more or less the equivalent of the English "Oh Shit" and "Shoot".

Merde: French language history…

In the French history books… It is said that one of Napoleon Bonaparte’s French generals in the end of the battle at Waterloo was asked to surrender. The general responded by taking his sable and run into the enemy shouting: Merde!

Learn French in Brussels

Learn French in Brussels: you will be a few miles away from the famous Waterloo, where the French Napoleon was finally defeated. After the French were defeated lots of the canons that were used in this battle were melted. And these melted canons were used to construct the lion in the picture as a memorial to the French defeat. The lion of Waterloo is on a hill which overseas the whole battlefield of Napoleon.

In Waterloo there is also a Napoleon-museum and most important : in Waterloo
and Brussels are lots of restaurants where you can taste the no-nonsense Belgian interpretation of the French cuisine and French food.

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