How to Say ‘Did your day go well?’ in French
Ta journée s'est bien passée ?
tah zhoor-NAY s eh bee-ehn pah-SAY
[tah zhoor-NAY s eh bee-ehn pah-SAY]
🇫🇷 In France: This is the everyday end-of-day check-in between partners, family or close friends. The ta makes it personal. You wouldn't ask a colleague you barely know this way.
Phrase Breakdown
Ta journée
tah zhoor-NAY
Your day
'Ta' is the informal 'your' for a feminine noun. 'Journée' means the whole day as it is lived. Say it 'ta jour-NAY'.
Ta journée était longue.
Your day was long.
Words in this phrase
Ta
[tah]
your (feminine, informal)
Informal possessive used before a feminine singular noun.
Ta maison est jolie.
Your house is pretty.
journée
[zhoor-NAY]
day
Feminine noun for the whole day, seen as a span of time.
Bonne journée !
Have a good day!
s'est bien passée ?
s eh bee-ehn pah-SAY
went well?
'Se passer bien' means 'to go well'. 'Passée' ends in -ée because it agrees with 'journée'. Raise your voice at the end for the question.
La soirée s'est bien passée.
The evening went well.
Words in this phrase
s'
[s]
oneself
Reflexive pronoun used for oneself in actions.
Il s'acharne à finir ce projet.
He is determined to finish this project.
est
[eh]
has (auxiliary)
Form of 'être' used as the helper verb for reflexive verbs in the past.
Elle s'est levée tôt.
She got up early.
bien
[bee-ehn]
well
An adverb meaning in a good way or satisfactorily.
Dans Se passe bien ?, bien montre que l'on parle d'une situation positive.
In "Se passe bien?", "bien" shows that one is talking about a positive situation.
passée
[pah-SAY]
gone, passed
Past participle of 'passer'; with 'se passer' it means 'went' (how something happened).
La soirée s'est bien passée.
The evening went well.
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