Verlan:%20A%20form%20of%20French%20Slang

1
VerlanA form of French Slang

• Miss. L .Johnson

2
What is Verlan?

• Verlan is a form of French slang that consists of
  playing around with syllables.
• To "verlan" a word, simply separate it into
  syllables, reverse them, and put the word back
  together. Sometimes letters are dropped or added
  to make pronunciation logical.
• Not every word can or should be verlaned verlan
  is used essentially to emphasize or hide the
  meaning of the main word(s) in a sentence.
• Based on AboutFrench.com

3
How do you form verlan?

• start with the word l'envers, which means the
  reverse. Separate l'envers into its two syllables
  l'en and vers. Invert them, put them together
  into a single word, and then adjust the spelling
• l'envers... l'en vers... vers l'en... versl'en...
  verslen... verlen... verlan
• Thus, you can see that verlan is l'envers
  pronounced à l'envers (reverse pronounced in
  reverse).

4
Some Examples of verlan

• Most single-syllable words are just pronounced
  backwards.
• Fou (crazy)... ouf
• Cool (from English)... looc

5
Comment dit-on en français/verlan?

• 1.     céfran
• 2.     chébran
• 3.     une cinepi
• 4.     une deban
• 5.     un skeud
• 6.     une gnolba
• 7.     un keum
• 8.     looc 
• 9.     une meuf
• 10. le pera 

• 11. les rempa 
• 12. un reuf 
• 13. une reum 
• 14. un reup 
• 15. une reus
• 16.            bonjour
• 17.            un bus
• 18.            fou
• 19.            la musique
•  

6

• http//archserve.id.ucsb.edu/French4/LGV/Menu1/lan
  gue4verlan.html