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How to Say ‘I've booked for eight on Saturday evening’ in French

J'ai réservé pour huit samedi soir

zhay ay ray-zehr-VAY poor weet sahm-DEE swahr

[zhay ay ray-zehr-VAY poor weet sahm-DEE swahr]

💬 Usage Tip: French uses no word for "on" before a day: just samedi soir. Adding le changes the meaning, because le samedi means "on Saturdays," every week.

Phrase Breakdown

J'ai réservé

zhay ay ray-zehr-VAY

I booked

Past tense of 'réserver'. Every 'é' sounds like 'ay'.

Example

J'ai réservé hier.

I booked yesterday.

Words in this phrase

[zhay]

Pronoun used by the speaker to refer to himself or herself.

Example

J'aime les bonbons.

I like candies.

[ay]

have

Form of 'avoir' used with past participles to make the past tense.

Example

J'ai beaucoup appris grâce à notre discussion.

I learned a lot thanks to our discussion.

réservé

[ray-zehr-VAY]

booked, reserved

Past participle of 'réserver', to book.

Example

Nous avons réservé une table.

We booked a table.

pour huit

poor weet

for eight

The number of people. Say 'poor weet'.

Example

C'est pour huit personnes.

It's for eight people.

Words in this phrase

pour

[poor]

for

Indicating purpose or reason.

Example

C'est pour toi.

It's for you.

huit

[weet]

eight

The number 8; here, eight people.

Example

Nous sommes huit à table.

There are eight of us at the table.

samedi soir

sahm-DEE swahr

Saturday evening

No preposition is needed before a day. 'Soir' sounds like 'swahr'.

Example

On se voit samedi soir ?

Shall we meet Saturday evening?

Words in this phrase

samedi

[sahm-DEE]

Saturday

The day of the week after Friday.

Example

Le restaurant est fermé samedi.

The restaurant is closed on Saturday.

soir

[swahr]

evening

Refers to the evening time, often after work or during an event.

Example

Ce soir, je vous envoie un message de remerciement.

This evening, I am sending you a thank-you message.

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