Today’s lesson covers the informal French interjection beurk, meaning yuck (yuk), ugh and ew. A French definition is: Marque le dégoût, en particulier en ce qui concerne la nourriture (Mark of disgust, in particular concerning food).
beurk
yuck!, ugh!, ew!
Pronunciation [bœʁk]
Beurk – yuck!, ugh
Example sentences
For this first sentence, there are two adjectives which can be used for disgusting: dégueulasse and the more formal dégoûtant.
Beurk ! Ces choux de Bruxelles sont dégueulasses !
Yuck! These Brussels sprouts are disgusting!
For this sentence, “Je préfère ne pas manger” (I prefer not to eat) uses the infinitive mood. The expression avoir horreur de means to hate or “can’t stand”. Ça means it/that and is used to refer back to a previously mentioned topic.
Je préfère ne pas manger le chou-fleur. Beurk ! J’ai horreur de ça !
I prefer not to eat cauliflower. Yuck! I hate that!
More interjections
- Miam – yum, yummy
- Bof – Meh, nah
- Hein – eh, huh, isn’t it?
- Bah ouais! – Yeah!
- Oh là là – Oh, wow, yikes!
- Zut – Shoot, Darn!
Reference
fr.wiktionary.org (beurk)
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