Meeting date's friends: Sharing something you love about your date

💬 chez usually means "at someone's place", but with a person and aimer it means "about" their character. Try Qu'est-ce que tu aimes chez lui ? for a man.

🇫🇷 Friends ask this half-teasing, half-testing you. A sincere, specific answer goes over better than a joke or a vague "everything".

💬 drôle means funny, as in makes you laugh, and doesn't change for men or women. For "funny-strange" French says bizarre.

💬 faire + an action means "make someone do it". Swap the action: Elle me fait sourire "she makes me smile".

💬 toujours slips in right after fait, between it and rire, not at the start or end as in English.

💬 After beaucoup, de shrinks to d' before a vowel or silent h: beaucoup d'amis "lots of friends". The h in humour is silent.

💬 For a woman gentil becomes gentille, and the ending now sounds like a "y": (zhahn-teey).

💬 tout le monde literally reads "all the world" but just means everyone. It takes a singular verb: tout le monde est là "everyone is here".

💬 French uses c'est rather than elle est before "a/an" + noun. So c'est une amie, but elle est gentille.

💬 vraie sits before amie here and means "real, true". amie with an extra e marks a female friend, but it sounds the same as ami.

💬 French "has" luck rather than "is" lucky: avoir de la chance. Same with J'ai de la chance "I'm lucky".

🇫🇷 From a friend, this is a warm seal of approval on you as a couple. A simple Je sais "I know" with a smile is a natural reply.

💬 aller + a basic verb is the everyday way to say what you're about to do. Swap the verb: Je vais manger "I'm going to eat".

🇫🇷 A polite way to step away from a group conversation and go back to your date. It closes the chat without seeming abrupt.

💬 Here the s in plus is silent: (ah plew tar). Friends often clip it to just À plus !, sounding the s: (ah plooss).

💬 À tout à l'heure means later today, within hours, while À plus tard is vaguer. The t of tout links to à: (ah too tah lur).