Using Tu me manques to say “I miss you” in French is definitely the most popular way to do so. However it’s time to take this a step further and look at other ways to express that you miss someone (or something) in French.
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In this lesson you will learn about: how to say miss you in French. how to miss something emotionally in French. how to have missed something in French. how to lack something in French. how this idiom is used in sentences. how you can quiz yourself on how to say miss you in French.
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The most basic way to say “I miss you” in French is Tu me manques. You may notice that the pronouns are reversed from their English order. That’s because, literally translated, this phrase means: “You are lacking to me.” I’ve heard and read countless people marvel at this construction.
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The most common way to say “I miss you” in French is: Tu me manques. (I miss you.) This phrase uses the French verb manquer (to miss), which comes from the Italian mancare, meaning “to be lacking something.”
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When you say, tu me manques, or “you are missing from me,” to say “I miss you” instead of je te manque (which translates to you miss me), you’re emphasizing the importance of the person you’re missing instead of yourself.
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“Tu me manques” is generally translated as “I miss you” in English, but its literal translation is closer to “you are missing from me”. You might think that “I miss you” would translate as “je te manque”, but the two languages have very different structures. In French, the grammatical structure of the formula is reversed.
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Arguably the most basic way to say"I miss you" in French, the verb manquer is even used in a renowned quote by the French poet and statesman Alphonse de Lamartine: Un seul être vous manque et tout est dépeuplé. Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated.
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When you want to say"I miss you," would you say"je te manque" or"tu me manques"? If you went with"je te," then you fell victim to a common misunderstanding. Don't worry, though.
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Learn how to express longing in French with various phrases and their meanings, pronunciation, and usage contexts on Talk in French.
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I miss you translation | English-French dictionary. Search. Synonyms. Conjugate. Speak. Suggest new translation/definition. Collaborative Dictionary English-French. miss. vt. (=fail to get) [+bus, train, flight] rater. Hurry or you'll miss the bus. Dépêche-toi ou tu vas rater le bus. → Daniel nearly missed his flight. (=fail to hit)
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