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.
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.
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.
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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