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How to Say ‘But we could have lunch on Thursday?’ in French

Mais on pourrait déjeuner jeudi ?

meh on poor-ray day-zhuh-NAY zhuh-DEE

[meh on poor-ray day-zhuh-NAY zhuh-DEE]

🇫🇷 In France: Lunch is the classic way to get to know a colleague in France. Many people take a proper sit-down break of an hour or so.

Phrase Breakdown

Mais on pourrait

meh on poor-ray

But we could

'Mais' (but) links smoothly to 'on'. 'Pourrait' is the conditional of 'pouvoir' and makes a polite suggestion. Say 'mè-zon pou-rè'.

Example

Mais on pourrait partir plus tôt.

But we could leave earlier.

Words in this phrase

Mais

[meh]

But

Used to introduce a contrast.

Example

Il est petit mais fort.

He is small but strong.

on

[on]

We

Used by a speaker to refer to themself and one or more other people considered together.

Example

On y va maintenant.

We are going now.

pourrait

[poor-ray]

could

Conditional of “pouvoir”: on pourrait = we could / we might. Polite way to make a suggestion.

Example

On pourrait le regarder après le dîner.

We could watch it after dinner.

déjeuner jeudi ?

day-zhuh-NAY zhuh-DEE

have lunch on Thursday?

'Déjeuner' means to have lunch, and 'jeudi' is Thursday. Your voice rises at the end because it's a question. Say 'dé-jeu-né jeu-di'.

Example

Tu veux déjeuner jeudi ?

Do you want to have lunch on Thursday?

Words in this phrase

déjeuner

[day-zhuh-NAY]

to have lunch

Verb meaning to eat the midday meal.

Example

Nous allons déjeuner ensemble.

We are going to have lunch together.

jeudi

[zhuh-DEE]

Thursday

The fourth day of the week, named after Jupiter.

Example

On se voit jeudi soir.

See you Thursday evening.

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