How to Say ‘Right away’ in French
Tout de suite
too duh sweet
[too duh sweet]
🇫🇷 In France: In a café, [tout de suite] often means "right away" in a service-polite sense, not a literal promise of zero delay. It is a standard reassuring phrase from staff.
Phrase Breakdown
Tout
[too]
all / quite
In the fixed expression tout de suite, it contributes to the meaning 'right away.'
Je vous sers Tout de suite votre café au lait d'avoine.
I serve your coffee with oat milk right away.
de
[duh]
of
Small linking word in the expression tout de suite.
Dans « Tout de suite », de relie les mots.
In 'right away,' 'de' links the words.
suite
[sweet]
right away / immediately
Used to say something will happen very soon.
Votre café sans lactose arrive suite après cette commande.
Your lactose-free coffee comes immediately after this order.
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