07.28.2018 - By Mot du jour Podcast – French Etc
à tes souhaits – Mot du jour
bless you – French expression
What does ” à tes souhaits ” mean? How do you say ‘ bless you ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to me, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.
à tes souhaits – to your wishes – TES – your – is a possessive adjective. In everyday French, à tes souhaits means ‘bless you’ or ‘gezondheid’.
A cultural note: it is a lot more common to say ‘bless you’ in English than it is to acknowledge someone sneezing in France. In some circles, it’s even considered to be a faux pas to say ‘à tes souhaits’.
When someone you know well, someone you say TU to sneezes, you may say:
* « À tes souhaits. »
* “Bless you. “
If that someone sneezes another time, or other times, you’re supposed to say:
* « À tes amours. » –> ‘To you loves’
* “Gezondheid. “
When someone you don’t know well, when you say VOUS, you may say:
* « À vos souhaits. »
* « À vos amours. » when several sneezes.
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