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This is Natalie with TakeLessons.
In this video, you’re going to learn all about French pick up lines.
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If you've ever wondered about flirting in French, get ready to learn some of the best
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Flirting in French is very different than flirting in the United States.
The French are actually quite reserved.
There are a lot of pick up lines that we'll talk about today that aren't actually used
in day-to-day life.
Some of them are actually used among your friends.
So, if you want to make your friends laugh, or be kind of cheesy,
you can use them among friends,
or you can also use them to hopefully pick up a French date.
Now, we'll go through some of the French phrases.
“T'as des beaux yeux, tu sais?”
This phrase literally means, "You have pretty eyes, you know?"
“J'ai un coup de foudre.”
This literally means a strike of lightning.
But it also says- to fall in love at first sight.
“Tu veux sortir avec moi?”
This phrase means, "Do you want to go out with me?"
It can also be used when you're speaking with friends.
“Si on prenait un verre un de ces quatre?”
This literally means, "Can we grab a drink one of these days?"
It's another phrase you can use with friends.
“Je t'apprécie.”
This phrase comes from the word "to appreciate."
It can literally mean "I appreciate you," but we also use it for "I like you"
or "I have a crush on you."
“Tu me manques.”
It’s one of my favourite French phrases because we use it for
"I miss you" but it literally means "you are missing from me."
“Embrasse-moi.”
This phrase literally just means "Kiss me."
“Je t'aime.”
This word can be used for "I like." Or "I love."
When you say “je t'aime”, it means, "I love you."
“Je suis tombé amoureux.”
It literally means, "I fell in love with you."
Or, if you're a woman, you would say,
"Je suis tombée amoureuse.”
“I fell in love with you."
“Un beau gosse.”
This phrase is what you would use to describe a man who's a hunk,
someone who's really handsome.
“Une belle gosse.”
This is just the feminine way to describe a woman who's really good-looking.
“Tu es beau.”
This literally means that someone is handsome.
“Tu es très jolie.”
This is what you would use to tell a woman that she's very pretty.
“Je te trouve belle.”
This literally says, "I find you beautiful."
“T'es canon, toi.”
This just means "you're hot,"
and can be used for a man or a woman.
“Mon amour.”
It's a pretty common one that a lot of people have heard. It's simply, "My love."
“Mon chéri.”
is a cute way to say, "My dear." And it's the masculine version.
The feminine version is, "Ma chérie."
Another phrase for your girlfriend or your wife, would be to call her "Ma belle."
Which means "My beautiful one."
Not every pick up line is a good one.
We've all heard some that are not so good, and that should be avoided,
and these are a few of them.
No woman wants to hear, "Ma'moiselle!"
It's typically something that men will call out to a woman as she's walking on the street.
I'd avoid it.
“Tu as un 06 ?”
This is literally saying, "Do you have an 06?"
And that's because most of the phones numbers in France start with 06 and now 07 as well.
But it means that someone is asking for your number.
“Souris un peu.”
This means, "Smile a little bit."
No one really likes to hear that. Don't make them smile if they don't want to.
“T'es charmante.”
This means you are charming, which can be really nice if you're on a lovely date,
but generally don't want to hear it when you're walking on the street.
“T'as des beaux yeux, tu sais?”
“You have pretty eyes, you know?"
“J'ai eu un coup de foudre.”
This literally means a strike of lightning, but it also says, "fall in love at first sight".
“Tu veux sortir avec moi?”
This phrase means “Do you want to go out with me?”
So, it can also be used when you're speaking with friends.
“Si on prenait un verre un de ces quatre?”
This literally means, "can we grab a drink one of these days?"
It's another phrase you can use with friends.
“Je t'apprécie.”
This phrase comes a from the word "to appreciate." It can literally mean- I appreciate you.
But we also use it for "I like you", or "I have a crush on you."
“Tu me manques.”
It's one of my favourite French phrases, because we use it for, "I miss you".
But it literally means, "You are missing from me."
“Embrasse-moi.”
This phrase literally just means, "Kiss me."
“Je t'aime.”
This word can be used for "I like", or "I love" or "I love you."
“Je suis tombé amoureux.”
It literally means "I fell in love with you",
or “Je suis tombée amoureuse.”
"I fell in love with you".
“Un beau gosse.”
This phrase is what you'd use to describe a man who's a hunk,
someone's really handsome.
“Une belle gosse.”
This is just the feminine way to describe a woman, who's really good-looking.
“Tu es beau.”
This literally means that someone is handsome.
“Tu es très jolie.”
This is what you would use to tell a woman that she's very pretty.
“Je te trouve belle.”
This literally says- I find you beautiful.
“T'es canon, toi.”
This just means "you're hot"
and can be used for a man or a woman.
“Mon amour.”
It's a pretty common one that a lot of people have heard of,
it simply means “My love.”
“Mon chéri.”
Is a cute way to say "My dear",
and it's the masculine version.
The feminine version is “Ma chérie.”
Another phrase for your girlfriend or your wife would be to call her,
"Ma belle."
Which means “My beautiful one.”
“Ma'moiselle!”
It's typically something that men will call out to a woman as she's walking on the street.
“Tu as un 06?”
This is literally saying, "Do you having an 06?"
But it means that someone is asking for your number.
“Souris un peu.”
This means "smile a little bit".
No one really likes to hear that.
“T'es charmante. ”
This means "you are charming",
which can be really nice if you're on a lovely date,
but generally don't want to hear it when you're walking on the street.
Just remember, there is a proper way to flirt.
Remember to be courteous and kind and to read someone's body language.
Which of these romantic French phrases have you tried?
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