Dialogue
A guest in your French flatshare: agree the night and shared space
Ask flatmates about an overnight guest in French. Practise dates, sleeping arrangements and a quiet morning, then check the final agreement.
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In short
Name the guest, the dates and the sleeping arrangement: Ma sœur aimerait rester une nuit, de vendredi à samedi, dans ma chambre. Est-ce que ça te convient ? Then check how the visit fits around your flatmate’s plans.
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- Nora
Tu as un moment pour parler de vendredi ?
Ask for a moment to talk about Friday.
English
Have you got a moment to talk about Friday?
- Lina
Oui, qu’est-ce qu’il y a ?
English
Yes, what is it?
- Nora
Ma sœur vient en ville. Elle aimerait rester ici une nuit, de vendredi à samedi. Est-ce que ça te convient ?
Explain who is visiting and ask about a one-night stay, Friday to Saturday.
English
My sister is coming to town. She’d like to stay here for one night, from Friday to Saturday. Is that all right with you?
- Lina
Elle dormirait dans ta chambre ou dans le salon ?
English
Would she sleep in your room or the living room?
- Nora
Dans ma chambre. Je peux y installer un matelas.
Say she would sleep in your room, on a mattress.
English
In my room. I can put a mattress in there.
- Lina
D’accord pour la nuit. Samedi matin, j’ai un entretien à distance dans le salon. J’ai besoin de calme.
English
All right for the night. On Saturday morning, I have a remote interview in the living room. I need it to be quiet.
- Nora
À quelle heure commence-t-il ?
Ask when the interview starts.
English
What time does it start?
- Lina
À dix heures. Il devrait durer une heure.
English
At ten. It should last an hour.
- Nora
Alors nous prendrons le petit-déjeuner dans la cuisine et nous sortirons vers neuf heures trente.
Offer breakfast in the kitchen and a departure around 9.30.
English
Then we’ll have breakfast in the kitchen and go out around half past nine.
- Lina
Ça me va. Vous pourrez rentrer après onze heures.
English
That works for me. You can come back after eleven.
- Nora
Parfait. Une nuit dans ma chambre, et le salon pour toi samedi matin jusqu’à onze heures.
Summarise the night and the living-room arrangement.
English
Perfect. One night in my room, and the living room for you on Saturday morning until eleven.
- Lina
Oui, merci d’avoir demandé.
English
Yes, thanks for asking.
The practical details
Find:
| Purpose | French |
|---|---|
| Ask about the plan | Est-ce que ça te convient ? |
| Offer another arrangement | On peut prendre le petit-déjeuner dans la cuisine. |
| Say the plan works | Ça me va. |
| Set the end of a time window | Jusqu’à onze heures. |
Tu stays consistent because Nora is speaking to one flatmate. Lina switches to vous in Vous pourrez rentrer because she means Nora and her sister together. Vers neuf heures trente gives an approximate departure time; jusqu’à onze heures sets the end of the agreed living-room slot.