Planning a Weekend

Conversation in French:

  • Sophie : Qu’est-ce que tu fais ce week-end ?
  • Thomas : Je ne sais pas encore, et toi ?
  • Sophie : J’aimerais aller à la plage. Ça te dit de venir ?
  • Thomas : Bonne idée ! À quelle heure on part ?
  • Sophie : On pourrait partir vers 9h du matin.
  • Thomas : Parfait, j’apporte de quoi manger ?
  • Sophie : Oui, ce serait super !

English Translation:

  • Sophie: What are you doing this weekend?
  • Thomas: I don’t know yet, and you?
  • Sophie: I’d like to go to the beach. Would you like to come?
  • Thomas: Good idea! What time are we leaving?
  • Sophie: We could leave around 9 AM.
  • Thomas: Perfect, should I bring something to eat?
  • Sophie: Yes, that would be great!

Vocabulary Explanation:

  • Qu’est-ce que tu fais ?: What are you doing?
    • Common way to ask what someone is doing.
  • Ce week-end: This weekend.
    • Week-end: Masculine noun, means “weekend.”
  • Je ne sais pas encore: I don’t know yet.
    • Encore: Means “yet” or “still.”
  • J’aimerais: I would like.
    • Comes from the verb aimer (to like/love), in conditional form.
  • La plage: The beach.
    • Feminine noun: The article la is used with feminine nouns.
    • Plural form: les plages.
  • Ça te dit: Would you like?
    • Informal expression, asking if someone is interested.
  • On part: We leave.
    • Partir: To leave, conjugated as on part (we leave).
  • Vers 9h: Around 9 AM.
    • Vers: Means “around” or “approximately.”
  • J’apporte: I bring.
    • From the verb apporter (to bring).
  • De quoi manger: Something to eat.
    • De quoi: Expression meaning “something.”
    • Manger: Verb meaning “to eat.”

Grammar Explanation:

  • “Qu’est-ce que tu fais ce week-end ?” (What are you doing this weekend?):
    • Qu’est-ce que: Structure for asking “what” questions.
    • Ce week-end: “This weekend,” using ce for “this.”
  • “Je ne sais pas encore” (I don’t know yet):
    • Ne … pas: Standard structure for negation in French.
  • “J’aimerais aller à la plage” (I’d like to go to the beach):
    • J’aimerais: Conditional form of aimer (to like), meaning “I would like.”
    • À la plage: Preposition à (to) with la plage (the beach).
  • “Ça te dit de venir ?” (Would you like to come?):
    • Ça te dit: Informal expression meaning “Would you like.”
  • “À quelle heure on part ?” (What time are we leaving?):
    • On part: Conjugation of partir (to leave) for “we leave.”
  • “On pourrait partir vers 9h du matin” (We could leave around 9 AM):
    • Pourrait: Conditional of pouvoir (to be able to), meaning “could.”
    • Vers: Means “around” or “approximately.”
  • “J’apporte de quoi manger ?” (Should I bring something to eat?):
    • J’apporte: From apporter (to bring).
    • De quoi manger: Expression for “something to eat.”
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