Le Verlan

Le Verlan

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World Languages

9th - 12th Grade

Hard

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AnnMarie Allen

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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is "Verlan"?

A breed of dog

Backwards slang

The word L'envers in verlan

A brand of shampoo

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How do you make "verlan"?

You invert the beginning and ending of the word flipping the two main sounds of the word

You remove the last letter and then add "ay" to the ending

You chop off the last two letter and add "é"

You spell the word backwards

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Select all the examples of verlan words:

cimer

meuf

ercimay

icrem

jourbon

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the difference between verlan and argot?

argot is general slang, verlan is specifically backwards slang

argot and verlan are the same

argot is backwards slang and verlan is general slang

verlan and argot are synonyms

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which is verlan for "bonjour"?

jourbon

rbonjou

ruojnob

onjourbay

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Which is verlan for "femme"?

meuf

effemm

emmef

emmefay

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Which is verlan for "voiture"?

turevoi

evoirur

erutiov

oiturevay

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