How to Say ‘Something’ in French
Quelque chose
kel-kuh shohz
[kel-kuh shohz]
💬 Usage Tip: Useful everyday phrase meaning 'something' or 'anything' depending on context.
🇫🇷 In France: In spoken French, this is very common and sounds natural in both formal and informal settings.
Phrase Breakdown
Quelque
[kel-kuh]
some / something
Used with chose to mean something.
Quelque chose me soulage un peu le soir.
Something relieves me a little in the evening.
chose
[shohz]
thing
Noun meaning thing; with quelque it becomes something.
Cette chose n'a pas amélioré mes symptômes.
That thing did not improve my symptoms.
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