Now that you’re better acquainted with the québécois verb pogner and how to pronounce it, here’s another expression that you can add to your knowledge:
pogner les nerfs
to lose one’s temper, to get angry
The last two letters of nerfs are silent. It sounds like “nair.”
Here are some good examples found through Google:
Personne a pogné les nerfs à part toi.
Nobody got angry except you.
Elle a pogné les nerfs après moi.
She lost her temper with me.
Je lui ai fait des avances; elle a pogné les nerfs en disant que je ne pensais qu’au cul.
I put the moves on her; she got angry saying that I only think about sex.
C’t'une joke, là! Pogne pas les nerfs!
I’m just kidding! Don’t get so angry!
J’ai vraiment dû respirer pour ne pas pogner les nerfs.
I really had to breathe to avoid losing my temper.
Fais-moi pas pogner les nerfs!
Don’t make me lose my temper!
