Les vêtements in real spoken French
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How the French casually talk about clothes.
📓 Le vocabulaire de tous les jours
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clothes (slang)
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shoes (slang)
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to get dressed up
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well-dressed
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trousers (slang)
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trainers
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it really suits you
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that’s classy
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a killer look
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to grab an item
🔊 Example sentences
J’ai acheté des fringues ce week-end.I bought some clothes this weekend.
Il est bien sapé aujourd’hui !He’s well dressed today!
Tes pompes sont trop stylées.Your shoes are so stylish.
💡 Your Native goal
This is how the French actually use it day to day — including what textbooks skip. Absorb the real patterns and let go of over-correctness.
Feeling shaky? Step back to Les Vetements at C2.
Elle a un look d’enfer.She’s got a killer look.
✍️ Practice
J’ai acheté des ___ . (clothes, slang) (argot)
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fringues
Il est bien ___ . (dressed up) (argot)
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sapé
Mes ___ sont neuves. (shoes, slang) (argot)
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pompes
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