Unit 30 Guidebook: describe your routine
KEY PHRASES
Describe your routine
D'habitude, tu te réveilles à quelle heure ?
Usually, what time do you wake up?
Usually, what time do you wake up?
D'habitude, je me réveille très tôt.
Usually, I wake up very early.
Usually, I wake up very early.
Que fais-tu le matin ?
What do you do in the morning?
What do you do in the morning?
Je fais du sport le matin.
I exercise in the morning.
I exercise in the morning.
Et que prends-tu au petit déjeuner ?
And what do you have at breakfast?
And what do you have at breakfast?
Le matin, je ne mange pas.
In the morning, I don't eat.
In the morning, I don't eat.
TIP
Je me réveille toujours tard !
Remember that little m' in phrases like Je m'appelle Charlotte? It literally means I call myself Charlotte.
| subject pronoun | reflexive pronoun |
|---|---|
| je | me |
| tu | te |
| il / elle | se |
| nous | nous |
| vous | vous |
| ils / elles | se |
Lots of French verbs add pronouns like me and te, even when we wouldn't say myself or yourself in English!
Le matin, je me réveille tôt.
In the morning, I wake up early.
In the morning, I wake up early.
Il se couche tard.
He goes to bed late.
He goes to bed late.
Ils se préparent vite.
They get ready quickly.
They get ready quickly.
Nous nous réveillons tard.
We get up late.
We get up late.
TIP
Body language
In English, we say He brushes his teeth or I wash my face, but in French you'd normally use le, la, or les instead of my or his before parts of the body.
Elle se brosse les cheveux.
She brushes her hair.
She brushes her hair.