Fête de la Musique: Complimenting performer and asking for their social media

💬 For things, j'adore is the everyday way to say "I love". J'aime votre voix would sound closer to "I like your voice".

💬 This is a plain statement turned into a question just by raising your voice at the end. No word order changes.

💬 Here the s in tous is silent: (too lay week-end). Same pattern: tous les jours "every day".

💬 Du is de + le squeezed into one word, meaning "of the". French never says de le.

💬 French uses sur "on" for apps and platforms, just like English. Swap it: Vous êtes sur TikTok ?

🇫🇷 In a festival crowd, Pardon is also what you say when squeezing past or bumping into someone. It's short, polite, and constant.

💬 S' is a shortened si "if" and only appears joined to the next word. The whole thing literally means "if it pleases you".

💬 This is how French people spell out a username aloud. Other words you'll hear are tiret du bas "underscore" and point "dot".

💬 This is a fixed expression for "done" or "that's it". Don't try to translate it word by word.

💬 Here suis comes from suivre "to follow", even though it looks exactly like je suis "I am". Context tells you which one it is.

🇫🇷 This is the natural reply when someone has just thanked you. It sends the thanks back, like "no, thank you!"

🇫🇷 On 21 June, free concerts fill streets and bars all over France. Wishing someone a happy Fête is a warm, easy way to say goodbye that night.

💬 Bonsoir is a hello, but Bonne soirée is a goodbye that wishes someone a nice rest of the evening. Mixing them up is a common slip.