jv o 6né – I’m going to the movies

30 textos - text messages

Can you read this? --> jv o 6né. a+
It means:

o   Je vais au ciné (cinéma). À plus tard.

o   I’m going to the movies. See you later.

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Untangle your French text message – un texto or un SMS - with this list of 30 abbreviations to help you understand your texto. I find it helpful to say them out loud, because a lot of these abbreviations are phonetically transcribed.

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1. 6cné ... ciné, cinéma  ... movies
2. a+ ... à plus (tard)  ... see you later
3. a2m1 ... à demain  ... see you tomorrow
4. alp ... à la prochaine  ... see you next time
5. auj ... aujourd’hui  ... today
6. b1sur ... bien sûr  ... of course
7. BCBG ... Bon Chic Bon Genre ... ø ... preppy look
8. bjr ... bonjour  ... hello
9. C ... c’est  ... it is
10. CDA ... cigarette des autres ... ø ... other people’s cigarette
11. chui ... je suis  ... I am
12. cpg ... c’est pas grave  ... not a problem, no sweat
13. DSL ... désolé/e ... SRY ... sorry
14. g ... j’ai  ... I have
15. gt ... j’étais  ... I was
16. JTM ... Je t’aime  ... I love you
17. jv ... je vais  ... I’m going
18. kan ... quand  ... when
19. ki ... qui  ... who, whom
20. koi ... quoi  ... what
21. mdr ... mort de rire ... lol ... laughing out loud
22. mr6 ... merci  ... thank you
23. nsp … (je) ne sais pas … dunno, I don’t know
24. o ... au  ... at, at the
25. rdv ... rendez-vous  ... meeting, appointment
26. rep ... réponse, réponds  ... answer
27. sava ... ça va   ... How are you? / I’m doing well.
28. slt ... salut  ... hi
29. T ... t’es  ... you are, U R
30. tlm ... tout le monde  ... everyone

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Note that French textos aren’t part of a written language, so letters are either lowercase or uppercase, or both.