Polari uses a wide range of verbs to describe both everyday actions, as well as actions specific to gay culture and the entertainment industry. In this lesson, some of these verbs alongside example sentences will be taught. As well as this, the way verbs can be conjugated will also be covered.
Varda Look
Varda this fabulosa view.
Chant Sing
Let’s chant a bijou songette.
Jogger Entertain
The joggering omee’s multi bona with the striller.
Troll Walk
We trolled the streets of Eine in our gildy clobber.
Scarper Escape, Run
Scarper! Rozzers!
Fake Make, Do
He faked the slang dressed as a clown.
Savvy Know
I nanti savvy the lingo.
Palaver Talk
We palavered for hours on end.
Key Vocabulary
fabulosa: wonderful
bijou songette: a nice little song
joggering omee: itinerant musician
multi bona: very good
striller: piano
Eine: London
gildy: fancy
clobber: clothes
rozzers: police
slang: performance
nanti: don’t
As you may see in the above example sentences, the way that verbs in Polari are conjugated follow English language conventions. Let’s take for example the verb ‘varda’ which is conjugated in the 3rd person singular form, the present participle form and past tense.
Varders
Vardering
Vardered
He varders the fabulosa view.
He’s vardering the fabulosa view.
He vardered the fabulosa view.
As a lot of information was covered in this lesson, you may wish to test your knowledge using the video below. This video acts as a quiz, and will ask you a series of four questions based on the information written above.
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In this lesson, you will learn different body parts in Polari.
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