How to Say ‘I love jazz!’ in French
J'adore le jazz !
zhay ah-DOR luh jaz
[zhay ah-DOR luh jaz]
💬 Usage Tip: French keeps le before a type of music or thing you like in general, where English drops it. Same for J'adore le rock "I love rock".
Phrase Breakdown
J'adore
zhay ah-DOR
I love
Say 'zha-DOR'. 'Je' contracts to 'J'' before a vowel.
J'adore Paris.
I love Paris.
Words in this phrase
J'
[zhay]
I
Pronoun used by the speaker to refer to himself or herself.
J'aime les bonbons.
I like candies.
adore
[ah-DOR]
love
Form of 'adorer': to really love something or someone.
J'adore le football.
I love football.
le jazz !
luh jaz
jazz!
Say 'luh DJAZZ'. French uses 'le' before music genres you like.
Il écoute le jazz.
He listens to jazz.
Words in this phrase
le
[luh]
the
Used as a function word to indicate a noun and to mark the noun as definite.
Le chat noir.
The black cat.
jazz
[jaz]
jazz
A style of music; same word as in English.
Le jazz est ma musique préférée.
Jazz is my favorite music.
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