How to Say ‘Do you want to get a coffee one day?’ in French
Tu veux prendre un café un jour ?
tew vuh prahn-druh uhn kah-FAY uhn zhoor
[tew vuh prahn-druh uhn kah-FAY uhn zhoor]
🇫🇷 In France: [Un jour] here means 'sometime,' so it sounds light and low-pressure. That's often a smoother first suggestion than proposing a very specific plan right away.
Phrase Breakdown
Tu veux
tew vuh
do you want
Starts a polite, informal invitation.
Tu veux venir ?
Do you want to come?
Words in this phrase
Tu
[tew]
you
Informal singular you, used in a friendly invitation.
Pour inviter quelqu'un, je demande : « Tu veux prendre un café un jour ? »
To invite someone, I ask: “Do you want to grab a coffee sometime?”
veux
[vuh]
want
From vouloir, used to ask if someone would like to do something.
Je demande : « Tu veux prendre un café un jour ? »
I ask: “Do you want to grab a coffee sometime?”
prendre un café
prahn-druh uhn kah-FAY
to have a coffee
Common expression for meeting informally for coffee.
On va prendre un café.
We're going to have a coffee.
Words in this phrase
prendre
[prahn-druh]
to have / to grab
Literally to take, but in this context it means to have or grab a drink.
En France, « prendre » dans « Tu veux prendre un café un jour ? » parle d'une boisson.
In French, “prendre” in “Do you want to grab a coffee sometime?” refers to having a drink.
un
[uhn]
a / one
Here un is part of the expression un jour, meaning one day or sometime.
Dans « Tu veux prendre un café un jour ? », ce « un » fait partie de « un jour ».
In “Do you want to grab a coffee sometime?”, this “un” is part of “un jour.”
café
[kah-FAY]
coffee
A common, casual meeting idea in French social and work life.
Après la soirée, je propose : « Tu veux prendre un café un jour ? »
After the party, I suggest: “Do you want to grab a coffee sometime?”
un jour ?
uhn zhoor
one day / sometime?
Suggests an undefined time in the future.
On se voit un jour ?
Shall we see each other sometime?
Words in this phrase
un
[uhn]
a / one
Here un is part of the expression un jour, meaning one day or sometime.
Dans « Tu veux prendre un café un jour ? », ce « un » fait partie de « un jour ».
In “Do you want to grab a coffee sometime?”, this “un” is part of “un jour.”
jour
[zhoor]
day / sometime
Literally day, but un jour often means someday or sometime.
Pour rester souple, je dis : « Tu veux prendre un café un jour ? »
To keep it flexible, I say: “Do you want to grab a coffee sometime?”
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