How to Say ‘For today?’ in French
Pour aujourd'hui ?
poohr oh-zhoor-dwee
[poohr oh-zhoor-dwee]
🇫🇷 In France: At a bakery or café, this usually means "for here today, or to take away later?" or checks whether the order is for right now. Context does a lot of the work, so locals do not need a longer sentence.
Phrase Breakdown
Pour
[poohr]
For
Used to indicate purpose or intention.
Pour aujourd'hui, je prendrai un café.
For today, I will have a coffee.
aujourd'hui
[oh-zhoor-dwee]
today
Refers to the current day.
Qu'est-ce que vous avez fait aujourd'hui ?
What did you do today?
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