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French Texting contractions · A+ = à plus tard = talk/see you soon · B1 = bien = good · bcp = beaucoup = a lot · bz = bise, bisou = kiss · c = c'est ... Skiptocontent frenchtoday 🔔EASTERSALE –20%OFFALLAUDIOBOOKSENDSAPRIL19th frenchtoday MENU 0 FreeAUDIOBOOK MENU 0 FreeAUDIOBOOK FREELESSONS SelectTopic HowToLearnFrench FrenchPronunciation FrenchGrammar FrenchConjugation FrenchVocabulary FrenchCulture Food&Wine FrenchStories FrenchVocabulary 100FrenchTexting&Abbreviations💬 ByCamilleChevalier-Karfis Updated:Oct23,2021 UnderstandFrenchtextmessageswithmylistofFrenchabbreviations–traditionalabbreviationsaswellasFrenchtextingshortcuts+examples&translations. AbbreviationsarecommonlyusedwhenwritingFrenchinaninformalsituations:emails,notesandnowofcoursetexting,whensendingatextmessageviayourphone. TextinginFrenchhasactuallybecomealanguageofitsown.I’llshowyouexamplesbelow. Let’sstartwithcommonFrenchabbreviations:thesewerearoundwaybeforetexting.Theyarecommonlyusedwhengivingadefinition,asinaFrenchdictionary. TopFrenchAbbreviations Adv.=adverbe=adverbAdj.=adjectif=adjectiveADM.=administrationApr.=après=afterAuj.=aujourd’hui=todayAv.=avant=beforeBât.=bâtiment=buildingBcp=beaucoup=verymuchBjr=bonjour=hiBsr=bonsoir=haveagoodnight,hi(intheevening)Cad=c’estàdire=itmeansCdlt=cordialement=yourstruly(attheendofaFrenchletter)Déf.=définition=definitionDr=docteur=doctorEx.=exemple=exampleEx.=exercice=exerciseExpr.=expression=expressionFam.=familier=familiarF.=féminin=feminineGéo.=géographie=geographyHist.=history=histoireInf.=infinitif=infinitiveIrr.=irrégulier=irregularJ.C.=JésusChrist=JesusChristMath.=Mathématiques=MathsN.=nom=nameN.f.=nomféminin=femininenameN.m.=nommasculin=masculinenameP.C.=passécomposé=perfecttenseP.P.=participepassé=pastparticiplePl.=pluriel=pluralPrép.=préposition=prepositionPsy=psychologue=psychologistQQ=quelque=someQQ’un=quelqu’un=someoneQQch=quelquechose=somethingS.=siècle=centurySing.=singulier=singularSubj.=subjonctif=subjunctiveV.=verbe=verbVulg.=vulgaire=vulgar SecretsofFrenchPronunciation In-depthaudiobookcoveringthefoundationsaswellasthedifficultiesoftoday’sFrenchpronunciation (58Reviews) MoreDetails&AudioSamples FrenchTextingcontractions Whatistextingexactly?Texting consistsofaseriesofabbreviations,whichallowyoutosaymorewithinthe160characterstheSMSformatallows. It’safasterlanguage,easiertotypeonthe10keysofthecellphone(unportable). Sincethistextinglanguageissopopular,it’snowbeingpartoftheeverydayFrenchscene:you’llfindtextabbreviationsfeaturedinads,butthiswrittenlanguagealsosometimesaffectsspokenFrench.Forexample,someonemaysay“JétéAim”tosayIloveyouinFrench:pronouncingallthelettersofthetextmessageJTM…Ithasbecomeatrend. Forforeigners,understandingthisnewlanguagebasedonFrenchpronunciationisarealchallenge! HereisalistofverycommonFrenchtextingabbreviations: A+=àplustard=talk/seeyousoonB1=bien=goodbcp=beaucoup=alotbz=bise,bisou=kissc=c’est=it’sct=c’était=itwasdmd=demandeordemander=askortoaskdsl=désolé(e0=sorryé=etouest=andorisfrR=frère=brotherg=j’ai=IhaveJlé=jel’ai=IhaveitJ’tdr=jet’adore=IadoreyouJTM=jet’aime=Iloveyou(I’minlovewithyou)ki=qui=whokeske=qu’est-ceque=whatkeskec=qu’est-cequec’est=whatisitkoi=quoi=whatkom=comme=asl=elle=she/itl8=lui=himmdr=mort(e)derire=LOLmm =même=evenmnt =maintenant=nowms =mais=butmsg =messagemwa =moi=menan=non=noosi=aussi=toopk=pourquoi?=why?qd=quand=whenlkl=lequel,laquelle,lesquels,lesquelles=whichoneqq1=quelqu’un=someoner1=rien=nothingslt=salutsry=sorry(usedinFrenchbytheyoungs)t=tesoutues=youroryou’retwa=toi=youv1=viens=comevrmt=vraiment=trulyvs=vous=youwe=weekendxlt=excellent=greatya=ilya=thereis,thereare FrenchNumbersandsignsarealsousedintextinginFrenchtoreplacewords 1=un=a2=de=of,from,about7=cetorcette=this9=neuf=new100=sans=without–=moins=minus,less+=plus=add,more Together,theseendupformingareallanguage.Herearesomeexamples kekina=qu’est-cequ’ilya?=what’sgoingon?kestufé=qu’est-cequetufais?=whatareyoudoing?@2m1=àdemain=seeyoutomorrowj’tapLDkej’pe=jet’appelledèsquejepeux=IcallyouassoonasIcanGTchéL=j’étaischezelle=Iwasatherplacecpab1=c’estpasbien=it’snotgood.ATsouè=àtessouhaits=blessyou(whensomeonesneezes)taéTvoirkoio6né= tuasétévoirquoiauciné?=whatdidyouseeatthemovies?tuvi17aprem=tuvienscetaprès-midi?=areyoucomingthisafternoon?LAfé1gato=elleafaitungateau=shemadeacake Asyoucansee,theseFrenchtextmessagesusesomeinterestingtwistsonFrenchpronunciation… IfyouareinterestedintraditionalFrenchphonevocabulary,Iwroteawholearticleaboutit. 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