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Québécois French with its own vocabulary and warmth, not Paris French with a maple leaf.

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What locals actually say

It was really fun!

C'était vraiment le fun!
“Le fun” is proudly Québécois; France would say “super sympa”.

My girlfriend is coming too.

Ma blonde vient aussi.
“Blonde” means girlfriend in Quebec regardless of hair color; “copine” reads European.

Can you e-transfer me twenty bucks?

Tu peux-tu m’envoyer vingt piasses par Interac?
« Piasses » is a Québec word for dollars, and « peux-tu » is a common informal question construction in Canadian French.

The corner store is just across the street.

Le dépanneur est juste de l’autre bord de la rue.
« Dépanneur » is the Québec term for a convenience store, while « de l’autre bord » is a distinctly Québécois way to say across or on the other side.

Let’s grab poutine after the game.

On va se prendre une poutine après la game.
« Se prendre » and the anglicism « game » are common informal Québec usages in everyday speech.

My little brother is staying over tonight.

Mon p’tit frère couche chez nous à soir.
« À soir » is a Québécois form of tonight, and « chez nous » naturally means at our place in Canadian French.

I’ll email you the file this afternoon.

Je vais t’envoyer le fichier par courriel cet après-midi.
« Courriel » is the standard Canadian French word for email, especially associated with Québec usage.

It’s freezing out today.

Y fait frette aujourd’hui.
« Frette » is an informal Québec word for very cold, and « y fait » reflects the contracted spoken form of il fait.

Notes like these come with every AIRTranslate translation, so you learn why locals phrase it that way as you go.

How Canadian French differs

Québec French. Tu widely used, vous formal; courriel, magasiner, fin de semaine, char (informal for car), blonde/chum for girlfriend/boyfriend informally, présentement; avoid France-only slang (mec → gars). Anglicisms differ from France — dépanneur, c'est correct.

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