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How to Say ‘You just spilled your beer’ in French

Vous venez de renverser votre bière

voo vuh-nay duh rahn-vair-SAY vot-ruh byehr

[voo vuh-nay duh rahn-vair-SAY vot-ruh byehr]

💬 Usage Tip: Venir de plus a verb means "to have just" done something. Try je viens d'arriver "I just arrived".

Phrase Breakdown

Vous venez de renverser

voo vuh-nay duh rahn-vair-SAY

You have just spilled

'Venir de' + infinitive means 'to have just done'. Say 'vou veu-né deu ran-vèr-sé'.

Example

Je viens de renverser mon café.

I've just spilled my coffee.

Words in this phrase

Vous

[voo]

you

Used to refer to the person or people being addressed.

Example

Vous aimez le film?

Do you like the movie?

venez

[vuh-nay]

come / are coming

From the verb venir, used for coming somewhere.

Example

Vous venez à la réunion de l'école avec votre mari ?

Are you coming to the school meeting with your husband?

[duh]

just (with venir)

'Venir de' + verb means to have just done.

Example

Je viens de manger.

I have just eaten.

renverser

[rahn-vair-SAY]

to spill

Verb: to knock over or spill.

Example

Attention, tu vas renverser ton café.

Careful, you'll spill your coffee.

votre bière

vot-ruh byehr

your beer

Say 'bière' as 'byèr', in one glide.

Example

Votre bière est fraîche.

Your beer is cold.

Words in this phrase

votre

[vot-ruh]

your

Belonging to you.

Example

Votre voiture est là.

Your car is there.

bière

[byehr]

Beer

A fermented alcoholic beverage made from grain.

Example

Un demi de Bière, s'il vous plaît.

A half-pint of beer, please.

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