- Best Belgian expressions to know - Alliance Française Bruxelles-Europe
We have made a small selection of the best belgian expressions ! You may have already heard « tu n’as toutes les frites dans le même cornet » Or you are eating and someone asked you : « tu sais me passer l’sel ? Do not panic ! I’m sure you didn’t skip your french lessons at the Alliance Française
- Twenty untranslatable expressions that will . . . - The Brussels Times
To remedy this situation, The Brussels Times is pleased to present you with its twenty favourite idioms (10 in French, and 10 in Dutch), which we hope will prove handy in a variety of different Belgian contexts: whether you're eating at your local frituur, having a hearty family stoofvlees dinner, or arguing passionately in a Brussels bar about
- 21 Belgian French words and expressions every expat should know
In this post, I'll reveal 21 Belgian French expressions every expat here should know 1 Le déjeuner, le dîner, ou le souper? If you take one thing away from this post, make it your mealtime vocabulary Let's face it - it's pretty important! In France, you start your day with le petit déjeuner (breakfast)
- What is some Belgian (specifically Brussels’) slang? : r belgium - Reddit
"dikke nek" in any language Born and raised in Brussels Like it or not, mostly french mixed with a lot of arabic words Ex: "wallai, che pa", "skerker le boule de la go", "afou, viens on va graille un durum", "tez", etc "La came" refers to heroin; it's a French word similar to "dope" or "snow" in English
- 19 Awesome Brusseleir Words You Need In Your Life
The Brussels dialect, or Brusseleirs is an incredibly rich patois which borrows from both Dutch and French Although it is unfortunately not spoken as much these days, here is a list of some of its most typical vocabulary
- Twenty words to insult someone like a true Belgian - The Brussels Times
To help you navigate this predicament, The Brussels Times has compiled a list of 20 words — 10 in French, and 10 in Dutch — that are habitually used by Belgians to offend and otherwise (verbally) abuse one another
- Make mine a Beeke 27 Brussels words for drinking and getting drunk
Inspired by Liam’s recent post at BeerFoodTravel about the lexicon of an obscure Norman-Flemish community in rural Ireland, i’ve brought together a list of words from Brussels dialect that describe beers, drinks measures, drunks, and getting drunk
- Belgian French slang : r brussels - Reddit
In Brussels: plenty of slangy words that are actually Flemish dialect words: dikkenek (literally "thich neck" - means "bragger"), ket (kid), kot (student room - believe me, this one is used everywhere on Belgian campuses, not just in Brussels), brol (junk, useless or woerthless stuff), Pei mei (man woman, usually middle-aged to old), klet
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