Cool French - Friends, Boyfriends and Girlfriends

These contain some examples of vulgar language.

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Un mec, un keum (*v=mec) A bloke.

Ma nana, ma gonzesse, ma meuf, ma louloutte (*v)
A girl, a bird. Meuf is verlan for femme.

Un pote, une pote, un poteau (*) A friend, a mate.

Mon jules, mon mec, mon keum (*v) My boyfriend.
In old-fashioned slang, jules used to mean pimp.

Mon loulou My boyfriend.
Loulou is short for mon loubard, which means yob, ma louloutte being the feminine.

Ma nénette (**) My bird

Mon frère (*) My brother - for a friend.

Ma sœur (*) My sister - for a friend.

Mon cousin (*) My brother - someone with the same ethnic background.