1 β French Vocabulary For Twitter
- La twittosphΓ¨re β Twitterβs world
- Un tweet β a tweet
- Tweeter β to tweet (regular ER verb)
- Retweeter β retweetΒ (regular ER verb)
- Les tweetos (m) β twitter fans
- La page profil β home page
- Sβabonner β to follow
- Un abonnΓ©, une abonnΓ©e β a follower
- La page dβaccueil βΒ home page
- La timeline β the timeline
- Un lien raccourci β short url
- Un hashtag β hashtag #
- Les tweets tendance β trending tweets
- Une liste β a list
- La baleine Γ©chouΓ©e β fail whale
- Un petit oiseau bleu β small blue bird
- Un logo β a logo
- BTW, a French bird says βcui-cuiβ :-)

A new approach to learning both traditional and modern French logically structured for English speakers.
2 β A typical French Conversation About Twitter β Learn French In Context
Now, letβs study a dialogue using all this French Twitter Vocabulary in context.
Use the floating blue icon in the bottom right to hide/reveal the English translations below or just click here.
Pierre et Paul sont dans un cafΓ© Γ Paris. Le tΓ©lΓ©phone de Pierre fait un son, et Pierre rigoleβ¦
Pierre and Paul are in a coffee in Paris. Pierreβs phone makes a sound, and Pierre laughsβ¦
β Excuse-moi, je viens de recevoir un Tweet trop marrant, regarde : βle texto fΓͺte ses vingt ans. La mort de lβorthographe aussi.β
β Sorry, I just got a really funny Tweet, look: βtexting is celebrating his 20th birthday. So does the death of spelling.β
β Cβest bien vrai Γ§a. Tu aimes bien Twitter ?
β Thatβs so true. You like Twitter?
β Ouais, Γ§a me fait marrer.
β Yep, it cracks me up.
β Moi je nβaime pas trop. Je suis sur Facebook, mais je nβaime pas lβidΓ©e dβΓͺtre interrompu par un Tweet.
β I donβt like it much. Iβm on Facebook, but I donβt like the idea of being interrupted by a Tweet.
β Moi je suis un vrai Tweetos, je suis les Tweets tendance et je retweet souvent. Comme la plupart des Tweets sont en anglais, Γ§a me fait travailler un peu, et jβapprends plein de mots !
β Iβm a real Twitter fan, I follow the trending tweets and often retweet. Since most Tweets are in English, it makes me work (study) a bit, and I learn a lot of words!
β Cβest une bonne idΓ©e Γ§aβ¦ Tweeter pour pratiquer son anglais. Je nβy avais pas pensΓ© !
β What a good ideaβ¦ Tweeting to practice your English. I didnβt think of that!

If you liked this article (please, do βlikeβ this article if you can :-) you will also enjoy Olivierβs article about French Computer Terms, and my articles about Facebook French Vocabulary and Pinterest in French.
And of course, you should try my own social network pages β Iβm very active on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest, and post one mini lesson daily, tips and more. See you there!








Comments