French For Dummies by Zoe Erotopoulos

Author:Zoe Erotopoulos
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2011-09-27T04:00:00+00:00

Making Plans with Friends

Regardless of the activity, inviting a friend to come along always makes things much more fun. This section makes it easier to invite a friend as well as to accept or decline your friend’s invitation.

Asking a friend to go out

When you ask a friend to go out, you use the tu (tew) (you [singular]) form. You may ask your friend what he is doing and whether he would like to go out and, if so, where. Here are a few questions that may come in handy when asking a friend out:

Qu’est-ce que tu fais (ce soir)? (kehs-kuh tew feh [suh swahr]?) (What are you doing [this evening]?)

Veux-tu sortir? (vuh-tew sohr-teer?) (Do you want to go out?)

Qu’est-ce que tu veux faire? (kehs-kuh tew vuh fehr?) (What do you want to do?)

Où veux-tu aller? (ooh vuh-tew ah-ley?) (Where do you want to go?)

Veux-tu aller au cinéma/au théâtre? (vuh-tew ah-ley oh see-ney-mah/oh tey-ah-truh?) (Do you want to go to the movies/to the theater?)

Qu’est-ce que tu veux voir? (kehs-kuh tew vuh vwahr?) (What do you want to see?)

Accepting and declining invitations

When you have nothing to do or when you are bored, you’d gladly accept your friend’s invitation . But when you’re tired or don’t feel like going out, you’ll want to decline an invitation and perhaps even reschedule. With these phrases, you can do both:

Je veux bien. (zhuh vuh byaN.) (I would like to.)

J’aimerais vraiment aller au cinéma/au théâtre. (zhehm-reh vreh-mahN ah-ley oh see-ney-mah/oh tey-ah-truh.) (I would really like to go to the movies/to the theatre.)

J’aimerais/je voudrais voir le nouveau film de. . . . (zhehm-reh/zhuh vooh-dreh vwahr luh nooh-voh feelm duh. . . .) (I would like to see the new film by. . . .)

Je n’ai pas envie de sortir (ce soir). (zhuh ney pah-zahN-vee duh sohr-teer [suh swahr].) (I don’t feel like going out [this evening].)

Peut-être demain/la semaine prochaine. (puh-teh-truh duh-maN/lah suh-mehn proh-shehn.) (Perhaps tomorrow/next week.)

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