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How to Say ‘Do you believe in love at first sight?’ in French

Tu crois au coup de foudre ?

too krwah oh koo duh FOO-druh

[too krwah oh koo duh FOO-druh]

💬 Usage Tip: To believe in something is croire à, and à + le merges into au. Compare croire aux fantômes "to believe in ghosts".

Phrase Breakdown

Tu crois

too krwah

you believe / do you believe

Subject and verb stay together. 'Tu' has the rounded French u (lips pushed forward), and 'crois' sounds like 'krwa' (the s is silent). A rising intonation over the whole sentence makes it a question.

Example

Tu crois qu'il va pleuvoir ?

Do you think it's going to rain?

Words in this phrase

[too]

you (informal singular)

Informal subject pronoun “you”. Used with friends; common when discussing tastes in anime.

Example

Tu aimes les shōnen ?

Do you like shōnen?

crois

[krwah]

think / believe

From the verb croire, used to express what you think or believe.

Example

Oui, je crois que l'école finit plus tôt aujourd'hui.

Yes, I think school finishes earlier today.

au coup de foudre ?

oh koo duh FOO-druh

in love at first sight?

'Croire à' means 'to believe in', and 'à + le' becomes 'au' (pronounced 'oh'). Keep 'au' with the expression it introduces. Your voice should rise on 'foudre' for the question.

Example

Je ne crois pas au coup de foudre.

I don't believe in love at first sight.

Words in this phrase

[oh]

in the

Contraction of 'à + le'; 'croire à' means to believe in.

Example

Je crois au destin.

I believe in destiny.

coup

[koo]

blow

A sudden impact or strike.

Example

Il a ressenti le coup.

He felt the blow.

[duh]

Expressing the relationship between part and a whole.

Example

Un verre de lait.

A glass of milk.

foudre

[FOO-druh]

lightning

Feminine noun for lightning; 'coup de foudre' means love at first sight.

Example

La foudre est tombée sur l'arbre.

Lightning struck the tree.

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