Monday-Morning Weekend Chat in France
Ask and answer the classic Monday and Friday questions about the weekend like a French colleague.
In French offices the Monday coffee-machine chat about the weekend is a ritual, and colleagues of similar age usually say tu to each other. People love talking about la grasse matinée, a family lunch that lasted all afternoon, or a trip to the Sunday market. When a public holiday falls on a Thursday or Tuesday, many people faire le pont: they take the day in between off for a four-day weekend.
- 1
T'as prévu quoi ce week-end ?
What are you up to this weekend? (to a colleague)
- 2
Rien de spécial, je vais me poser.
Nothing special, I'm just going to chill.
- 3
Alors, ce week-end, ça s'est bien passé ?
So, how was your weekend?
- 4
Il est passé beaucoup trop vite.
It went by way too fast.
- 5
J'ai fait la grasse matinée.
I had a lie-in.
- 6
On a fait un barbecue chez des potes.
We had a barbecue at some friends' place.
- 7
Je suis allé au marché dimanche matin.
I went to the market on Sunday morning.
- 8
Je suis crevé.
I'm wiped out.
- 9
On est sortis samedi soir.
We went out on Saturday night.
- 10
J'ai enchaîné les épisodes.
I binge-watched a series.
- 11
J'ai rien fait de tout le week-end.
I did absolutely nothing all weekend.
- 12
Ça m'a fait du bien.
It did me good.
- 13
Il a fait super beau.
The weather was gorgeous.
- 14
C'est reparti pour une semaine !
Here we go again for another week!
- 15
J'ai le blues du dimanche soir.
I've got the Sunday-evening blues.
- 16
On a eu un déjeuner en famille qui a duré des heures.
We had a family lunch that went on for hours.
- 17
T'as de la chance !
Lucky you!
- 18
Il y avait un monde fou partout.
It was absolutely packed everywhere.
- 19
On fait le pont la semaine prochaine.
We're taking a long weekend next week.
Tip: Used when a public holiday falls on a Thursday and you take Friday off too.
- 20
Bon week-end à toi !
Have a good weekend! (to a friend)