Common Chat Abbreviations There are two general guidelines: •
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é can be susbstituted for all homophonic equivalents including "-ais", "-ait", "-es" (such as in the articles les and des), the conjunction "et" (and), and the verb "est" (third person sing. conjugation of être, "to be"). words that end in a silent -s commonly drop this s: such as pas (pa), and vois (voi).
biz n., bisous, "kisses". c subj+verb, c'est, "it is". ct subj+verb, c'était, "it was"; imparfait (past) conjugation of c'est. dc conj., donc, "therefore, so". dsl adj., désolé(e), "sorry". fok exp., il faut que, "it is necessary". ke interr. and relative pronoun, que, "that". ki interr. and rel. pron., qui, "that" or "which". koi interrogative, quoi, "what"; also seen in pourkoi, "why". mdr exp., mort(e) de rire, "laughing myself to death", (equivalent of lol, laughing out loud). mé conj., mais, "but". pr prep., pour, "for". ptdr exp., peté(e) de rire, "bursting with laughter", (equivalent of lol, laughing out loud). stronger than mdr.