Meeting the in laws again (Advanced): Presenting simple gifts
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Key Phrases
Je suis content de vous revoir.
I'm glad to see you again.
J'ai apporté un petit cadeau pour vous.
I brought a small gift for you.
J'espère que ça vous plaît.
I hope you like it.
Skills You'll Learn
Greeting someone warmly and expressing pleasure at seeing them again.
Saluer quelqu'un chaleureusement et exprimer le plaisir de le revoir.
Offering a gift politely and describing what you brought.
Offrir un cadeau poliment et décrire ce que vous avez apporté.
Expressing kindness, thoughtfulness, and hope that the gift is appreciated.
Exprimer la gentillesse, l'attention et l'espoir que le cadeau plaise.
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are visiting French hosts you know well, greeting them warmly and giving them a small thoughtful gift like biscuits and flowers. The scene is friendly, polite, and affectionate, and you are expressing kindness while they thank you and invite you inside.
Bonjour, je suis content de vous revoir.
Hello, I'm glad to see you again.
Nous aussi, ça nous fait plaisir.
We are too, it makes us happy.
J'ai apporté un petit cadeau pour vous.
I brought a small gift for you.
Oh, merci, c'est très gentil.
Oh, thank you, that's very kind.
Ce sont des biscuits et un bouquet de fleurs.
It's some cookies and a bouquet of flowers.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Bonjour
bohn-zhoor
Hello
Je suis content
zhuh swee kohn-tahn
I am happy
💬 With [être], [content] changes to match the speaker: [content] for a man, [contente] for a woman. You can reuse that pattern in [je suis ravi / ravie] too.
See breakdown →De vous revoir
duh voo ruh-vwar
To see you again
💬 [Revoir] is literally "see again": [voir] = "see," [revoir] = "see again." You can spot the same [re-] idea in [refaire] "do again" or [relire] "read again".
See breakdown →Je suis content de vous revoir.
zhuh swee kohn-tahn duh voo ruh-vwar
I'm glad to see you again.
💬 With [être], [content] changes to match the speaker: [content] for a man, [contente] for a woman. You can reuse that pattern in [je suis ravi / ravie] too.
See breakdown →Nous aussi.
noo oh-see
We are too.
Ça nous fait plaisir.
sah noo feh pleh-zeer
It makes us happy.
💬 French often says [ça ... fait plaisir] where English uses "that's nice" or "we're happy." You can reuse it with different people: [ça me fait plaisir], [ça lui fait plaisir], [ça nous fait plaisir].
See breakdown →J'ai apporté
zh eh ah-por-tay
I brought
💬 [J'] only appears joined to the next word, here before [ai]. The full form is [je], but before a vowel sound French shortens it: [j'ai], [j'espère], [j'adore].
See breakdown →Un petit cadeau
uhn puh-tee ka-doh
A small gift
Pour vous
poor voo
For you
💬 [Vous] can mean more than one "you," but it is also the polite singular "you." Here [pour vous] is a natural way to say the gift is for the in-laws respectfully.
🇫🇷 With in-laws, [vous] is the safe default unless the family has clearly switched to [tu]. Using [tu] too early can feel pushy in some families.
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