After-work drinks: Suggesting a drink after work

💬 In casual speech the question word can sit at the end: Tu penses à quel bar ? rather than starting with Quel bar. Same pattern: Tu arrives à quelle heure ? "What time are you arriving?".

💬 En face alone means "opposite". To name what it faces, add de: en face de la gare "across from the station".

💬 Ça te va ? is for someone you call tu. With vous, it becomes Ça vous va ?.

💬 French often names the thing first and then points back to it with ça: Demain, ça te va ? "Tomorrow, does that work?". It's an easy way to put any option on the table.

💬 y stands in for a place already mentioned, here the café. On its own, On y va ! is the everyday "Let's go!".

💬 Vers "around" makes any time approximate: vers midi "around noon". To give an exact time, use à instead: à dix-huit heures.

🇫🇷 The French commonly use the 24-hour clock for plans, even in casual chat. You'll also hear six heures when the evening context is already clear.

💬 In casual speech this often shrinks to just D'acc or Dac.

💬 A plain statement becomes an offer just by raising your voice at the end: Je demande ...? means "Shall I ask ...?". Demander à means to ask a person, so you'd say Je demande à Thomas.

💬 sera "will be" comes from être "to be", but it looks nothing like it. For a woman, it would be Elle sera contente.

💬 Say it fast, with the words running together: (ah-too-tah-lur).

🇫🇷 À tout à l'heure is only for seeing someone again later the same day. For a later day, people say À plus "See you" or À demain "See you tomorrow".

💬 Merci pour ... works with anything you're thanking someone for: Merci pour le café "Thanks for the coffee".