Here are some guidelines to get you using them right away. So they are simply unavoidable if you want to gain some fluency in the language of Molière. For the rest of us, filler words like truc and machin can mean nothing and everything at the same time - and they pop up in French conversations all the time. The poet and critic Boileau may have claimed that, “what is well conceived is clearly said,” but he was a bit of a purist concerning the French language. You know, the truc to fix the machin (“thing”)!īelieve it or not, this is actually a pretty typical French dialogue.
Worse still, when you try to explain your predicament to your girlfriend you can’t even remember the word for lightbulb! Your brain is still fried from last night’s party, and you’re having some trouble activating your memory precisely when you need it: you’re on the top of a ladder, trying to fix the lamp, but you can’t remember where you left the lightbulb.
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