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How to Say ‘Do you want a coffee to warm up?’ in French

Tu veux un café pour te réchauffer ?

tyoo vuh uhn kah-fay poor tuh ray-shoh-FAY

[tyoo vuh uhn kah-fay poor tuh ray-shoh-FAY]

Phrase Breakdown

Tu veux un café

tyoo vuh uhn kah-fay

Do you want a coffee

"Tu veux" is the informal "you want" from "vouloir". Say "veux un" smoothly, almost like "veu-zun" in fast speech, though the liaison is optional here. "Café" ends with a clear "é" sound.

Example

Tu veux un café ou un thé ?

Do you want a coffee or a tea?

Words in this phrase

[tyoo]

you

An informal singular pronoun used to address one person.

Example

Tu travailles dans une start-up ou une grande entreprise ?

Do you work in a start-up or a large company?

veux

[vuh]

want

To have a desire to possess or do something.

Example

Je veux un bon de réduction, s'il vous plaît.

I want a coupon, please.

[uhn]

Indefinite article used before a singular noun.

Example

Un petit garçon joue.

A little boy is playing.

café

[kah-fay]

coffee

A coffee; in networking, it often suggests an informal conversation over coffee.

Example

Un café après le salon permet de continuer l'échange.

A coffee after the fair allows the conversation to continue.

pour te réchauffer ?

poor tuh ray-shoh-FAY

to warm yourself up?

"Pour" plus an infinitive means "in order to". "Te réchauffer" is reflexive: "to warm yourself". Let your voice rise at the end for the question.

Example

Bois une soupe pour te réchauffer.

Have some soup to warm yourself up.

Words in this phrase

pour

[poor]

for

Indicating purpose or reason.

Example

C'est pour toi.

It's for you.

[tuh]

you (object)

Informal object pronoun used with 'voilà' meaning 'here you are (as)'.

Example

Te voilà enfin !

There you are at last!

réchauffer

[ray-shoh-FAY]

to warm up

To heat up again; reflexive 'se réchauffer' means to warm oneself.

Example

Viens te réchauffer près du feu.

Come warm up by the fire.

Guides for French learners

The Most Common French Verbs: the 20 You'll Actually UseThe 20 most common French verbs, with the present-tense forms you need, real example sentences with native audio, and two shortcuts for past and future.Ordering in French: Cafés, Bakeries and Restaurants (with Menu Vocabulary)How to order in French at a café, a bakery and a restaurant: the phrases, the questions staff ask, and the menu and food vocabulary to understand the answers.

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