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30 Phrases to Describe Your Daily Routine in French

How do you describe your daily routine in French? What are the most common phrases and vocabulary? In this article, I share my daily routine in French with 30 sentences. 

Table of contents

  • My morning routine
  • My afternoon routine
  • My evening routine
  • Reflexive verbs (conjugaison) 
  • The verb "faire" (to do)
  • Daily routine (French video)

 

Le matin (In the morning)

Let's take a look at these phrases describing my morning routine including getting up and getting ready for work! 

Note that these sentences are all in present tense which describe what I usually do. 

1. Je me réveille.

I wake up.

2. Je me lève. 

I get up.

3. Je me lève à sept heures.

I wake up at 7.

4. Comme tout le monde, je regarde sur mon téléphone portable.

Like everyone, I look at my cellphone.

5. Je regarde mes messages.

I look at my messages.

6. Ensuite, je me lave le visage. 

Then, I wash my face.

7. Je me brosse les dents.

I brush my teeth.

8. Puis, je me fais du café.

And then, I make myself a coffee.

9. Je ne peux pas commencer ma journée sans café. 

I can’t start my day without coffee.

10. Donc, je bois mon café.  

So, I drink my coffee.

Making coffee in French

11. Puis, je m’étire.

Then, I stretch. 

12. Je déjeune, bien sûr.

I have breakfast, of course.

13. Je prends mon petit déj.  

I have my breakfast. 

French breakfast

14. Je travaille chez moi. 

I work from home.

15. Donc, je commence tout de suite à travailler. 

So, I start immediately working.

16. Je prépare mes cours.

I prepare my lessons. 

17. Je réponds à mes mails.  

I respond to my emails. 

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À midi (At noon)

18. À midi, je prends mon déjeuner. 

At noon, I have my lunch. 

19. J’enseigne. 

I teach.

20. Je suis professeur de français.

I’m a French Teacher. 

21. Donc, j’enseigne tout l’après-midi.  

So, I teach all afternoon. 

 

Le soir (In the evening)

22. Après le travail, je fais une balade.

After work, I go for a walk. 

23. Ou je fais des exercices en écoutant de la musique. 

Or I exercise while listening to music.

24. Puis, je prends une douche. /Je me lave.  

After, I take a shower. 

25. Je fais un smoothie.

I make a smoothie. 

26. Et je dîne vers sept heures.

And I have dinner around 7. 

Dinner in French

27. Puis, je passe du temps avec ma famille. 

Then, I spend some time with my family.

28. Vers onze heures, je vais au lit.

Around 11, I go to bed. 

29. Et je lis un peu avant de dormir.  

And I read a bit before sleeping. 

30. Enfin, je me couche.

Finally, I go to bed.

 

Reflexive verbs in French

To describe daily routine, we use reflexive verbs such as : "se réveiller" (to wake up), "se lever" (to get up), "se laver" (to wash yourself) and "se coucher" (to go to bed).

"Se" is called a reflexive pronoun and it changes to "me", "te" , "nous" and "vous" depending the subject.

Let's have a look.

Je me réveille (I wake up)

Tu te réveilles (You wake up)

Il/elle se réveille (He/she/one wakes up)

Nous nous réveillons (We wake up) 

Vous vous réveillez (You -plural/formal- wake up) 

Ils/elles se réveillent (They -masculine/feminine- wake up)

 

Faire (To do, make) 

Similar to the reflexive verbs, the verb "faire" is a very useful verb to talk about daily routine. Let's look at these examples. 

Je fais une balade.

I go for a walk. 

Je fais des exercices.

I exercise. 

Je fais un smoothie.

I make a smoothie. 

The conjugaison of the verb "faire"

Faire is an irregular verb. Here's how to conjugate it with different subjects in present tense. 

Je fais (I do/make)

Tu fais (You do/make)

Il/elle/on fait (He, she, one does/makes)

Nous faisons (We do/make)

Vous faites (You -plural/formal- do/make)

Ils/elles font (They -mas./fem.- do/make)


Daily routine in French video

FInally here is my video that will teach you some simple phrases for daily routine in French. 

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