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This weekend in French

Friday at Café des Tilleuls, and Sam still has a blank weekend. Inès is already thinking about the Saturday market if the weather holds.

Gaspard is packing his tote for Karim's stall, croissant still untouched.

By the end, you'll ask a friend about this weekend, say you have no plans, name what you're going to do, or say you're staying in.

Keep this weekend, not last weekend, and not what you usually do.

By the end of this lesson

Say what you're doing this weekend and ask about theirs.

  • Tu as prévu quelque chose ce week-end ?Do you have plans this weekend?
  • Je vais ___ ce week-end.I'm going to ___ this weekend.
  • Je n'ai encore rien prévu.I don't have any plans yet.
  • On va peut-être ___ s'il fait beau.We might ___ if the weather's nice.
  • Et toi, tu as des plans ?How about you, do you have plans?
  • Je reste à la maison.I'm staying home.

Scene — still no plans

Friday afternoon on rue des Tilleuls. Sam is at the round table with Inès, who has just come off a night shift.

Gaspard sits on two chairs by the window table, his café crème still full. He is packing his tote for Karim's stall at the Saturday market.

The blank brass sign stays on the empty window table.

Wide café interior with Sam and Inès just seated at the round table while Gaspard packs a tote on two chairs by the window.

Learn — this weekend

Six short lines cover this weekend: asking a friend, saying you have no plans, naming a plan, or staying in.

You also get a weather hedge: you might if it stays nice.

  1. Inès leans across the round table toward Sam with a cup in both hands, waiting on weekend plans.

    Tu as prévu quelque chose ce week-end ?

    Do you have plans this weekend?

    When to use it: Ask a friend what they will do this weekend.

    Use tu with a friend, not with a stranger.

    Say it: The s in as is silent here.

  2. Gaspard’s hands slide fruit into an open tote beside an untouched café crème at the window table.

    Je vais ___ ce week-end.

    I'm going to ___ this weekend.

    When to use it: Name one thing you will do this weekend.

    Vais plus a verb names a plan, not a habit.

    Say it: The last s in vais is silent.

  3. Sam shrugs at the round table with both palms open, still without any weekend plans.

    Je n'ai encore rien prévu.

    I don't have any plans yet.

    When to use it: Say you still have no plans this weekend.

    Keep ne in n'ai; encore rien means nothing planned yet.

    Say it: Ne elides before ai, giving n'ai.

  4. The unused window table and bright street, with Gaspard paused over a tote kept soft in the background.

    On va peut-être ___ s'il fait beau.

    We might ___ if the weather's nice.

    When to use it: Offer a weekend idea that needs nice weather.

    After si, say s'il fait beau, not a later form.

    Say it: S'il is si and il said as one word.

  5. Sam turns in the chair and opens a hand toward Gaspard, who is still packing at the window.

    Et toi, tu as des plans ?

    How about you, do you have plans?

    When to use it: Turn the question back on a friend.

    Toi and tu are for a friend, not new staff.

  6. Inès sits sunk back in the round-table chair, staying put after the night shift.

    Je reste à la maison.

    I'm staying home.

    When to use it: Say you are staying in this weekend.

    This is for this weekend, not your usual Saturdays.

Story — if it stays fine

Watch Sam on Friday with still nothing planned. Inès has the market in mind if it stays fine.

The highlighted words are the lines you just learned. Turn on Show English if you need it.

  1. Friday at Café des Tilleuls. Inès sits down across from Sam. Gaspard's tote is already open.
  2. InèsSalut. Tu as prévu quelque chose ce week-end ?Hi. Do you have plans this weekend?
  3. SamJe n'ai encore rien prévu.I don't have any plans yet.
  4. She glances at the window table. The blank brass sign is still there.
  5. InèsOn va peut-être aller au marché s'il fait beau.We might go to the market if the weather's nice.
  6. Sam turns to Gaspard, who is sliding fruit into the tote.
  7. SamEt toi, tu as des plans ?How about you, do you have plans?
  8. GaspardJe vais aider Karim ce week-end.I'm going to help Karim this weekend.
  9. He stays on two chairs next to the window table. His café crème is still full.
  10. InèsIl fait beau.It's nice out.
  11. SamJe reste à la maison.I'm staying home.
  12. InèsBon week-end.Have a good weekend.

Practice — ask and answer

Eleven quick exercises wait here. You'll listen, pick, fill a gap, swap a word, and build a line.

They stay tiny, so the round moves fast.

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  1. What did you hear?

  2. What do you say?

    Inès, a close friend, sits down at your table. Greet her first.

  3. Pick the reply

    Inès says:

    Tu as prévu quelque chose ce week-end ?

    Do you have plans this weekend?

    And you reply with:

  4. Fill the gap

    Do you have plans this weekend?

    Tu as ____ quelque chose ce week-end ?

  5. What do you say?

    You and Inès might go to the Saturday market, but only if the weather stays nice.

  6. Swap the word

    Ask a friend if they already have plans for the days ahead.

    Tu as ____ quelque chose ce week-end ?

  7. What do you say?

    You just told Inès you have no plans yet. Ask about hers.

  8. Fill the gap

    I'm going to ___ this weekend.

    Je ____ ___ ce week-end.

  9. Build the line

    I'm staying home.

    .

    Tap the words in order.

  10. True or false?

    This line means it is raining.

  11. What does it mean?

    Bon week-end.

Say it — your weekend

Now you're Sam on Friday at the café. When it's your turn, tap the microphone and speak the line.

Tap ▶ first if you want to hear the line. Your recording stays on your device.

  1. InèsSalut.Hi.
  2. Sam (you)Ask if she already has plans for the days ahead.

    Tu as prévu quelque chose ce week-end ?

    Do you have plans this weekend?

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Recap — what you can say now

FrenchEnglish
Tu as prévu quelque chose ce week-end ?Do you have plans this weekend?
Je vais ___ ce week-end.I'm going to ___ this weekend.
Je n'ai encore rien prévu.I don't have any plans yet.
On va peut-être ___ s'il fait beau.We might ___ if the weather's nice.
Et toi, tu as des plans ?How about you, do you have plans?
Je reste à la maison.I'm staying home.
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