- Forum >
- Topic: French >
- "Voulez-vous aller prendre un…
"Voulez-vous aller prendre un verre ?"
Translation:Would you like to go get a drink?
193 Comments
I know this is a very famous phrase. Still it is an odd one. The oddity is that you ask of a very intimate thing but in the formal vous address. It would be more natural to have come to address each other by tu befor asking this: Veux-tu coucher avec moi (ce soir) ?
Yeah. Because it's in the formal tense, it makes more sense that the user is talking to several people at once.
I think it is not necessary, but I could use “ce soir” rather than “cette nuit”
Given the context of the characters singing that line (prostitutes), it really doesn't seem that odd. If a person were to say that trying to pick someone up at a bar, it would be very odd.
Its for extra syllables so it sounds good to sing. Lyrics do stuff like this all the time.
It's sexier if you're trying to seduce someone who is not your peer. I think
You might not see it here, as it is very explicit, and the site might have teenaged users, but since you know it you can use it :-)
As a teenager i dont know what i was thinking when i bought this set! Im aro ace too so its like I'll ever use it
You can copy and paste. « Voulez-vous aller prendre un verre ? » is “Do you want to go get a drink?” but they also accept “Would you like to go get a drink?”
« Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir ? » is “Do you want to sleep with me tonight?”
This does not mean XxxDo you want me to get you a drink?xxX Instead, it asks if you want to go have a drink (with me).
It is not bad grammmar. It is similar to "can do" in that it uses a bare infinitive. This was originally "go to get", but it has evolved ( at least in America), so that the bare infinitive (without "to") is used now with a conjugated form of this particular verb "to go". These are not two separate activities. You go specifically for the purpose of getting something, so going facilitates getting.
It is neither good nor bad. It is simply the American way. British speakers of English would always say "go and get" but would also recognise the American form as such, having been exposed to so much American dialogue on TV and in films.
Not in American English which used to be "go to get" but now we use the bare infinitive without the "to". These are not simultaneous activitities. One precedes and creates the opportunity for the other. It is not like eating and watching TV at the same time. If you don't do one of those you could still do the other, but when you go somewhere to do something we say "go do something."
It's funny because here in italy VERRO means BOAR.. for a second I thought it meant " DO YOU WANT TO TAKE A BOAR?"
In case anyone is wondering, “boar” is “jabalí” in Spanish. https://dictionary.reverso.net/spanish-english/Jabal%c3%ad
https://dizionario.reverso.net/inglese-italiano/Boar No, wait, “verro” is not the wild animal, just the male pig. So, “cerdo” is the word, but there is another word that is similar: “verraco”. https://dizionario.reverso.net/inglese-spagnolo/Boar
1683
If you say "Voulez-vous aller prendre une boisson ?", she will run away!
"Une boisson" is not a very romantic word to flirt.
The best is to say : "Voulez-vous (or "veux-tu") aller prendre un verre".
Because you guys said
"Would you like to go TO get a drink?"
Not="Would you like to go get a drink?"
Grammar is key in almost every language, especially English.... So ya
- 363
I answered "do you want a drink" which is something I've heard, and said, many times but lost a heart. I hate losing hearts!
- 1019
Personally, I think the English phrase would sound more natural as "Would you like to go AND get drink" (NZ English)
“Allez” is not used here which is the conjugated form of the infinitive: “aller” which is used here after the conjugated form “voulez”.
« Voulez-vous un verre ? » is “Do you want a drink?” which is not the same question as « Voulez-vous aller prendre un verre? » Here I am not just ready to hand someone a drink. I am asking if you want to go get a drink or go have a drink (with me). Shall we go?
Same here. Since I am not a native English speaker. It's weird to me to say "to go get something". I have to learn more :)
'Go get something' is poor English. You should say 'go and get something'
What about "Let's go fly a kite!" ?
This is correct in American English.
Yes it is. Sorry, I should have said 'poor English in the UK, Australia, New Zealand etc'. Julie Andrews must have been wincing when she recorded the sound track for that movie.
I translated it as "would you go on a drink?" And it said it's not correct and it should be "would you to for a drink?" ... Like what? :D
You’re sure it wasn’t “Would you go for a drink?” which would be okay, but if it literally said “Would you to for a drink?” then you should report the accepted answer as wrong as that makes no sense at all. “Would you go on a drink?” makes no sense in English.
I had... 'Will you take a glass', this works in English though it's a bit old fashioned
The error should have been reported. “Will take” is the future tense, so it is constructed differently in French. « Prendrez-vous un verre ? ». This completely ignores the invitation to go.
I got would you like to for a drink as well ... Lost in translation I guess
- 1303
I would never use the term "to go get a drink" whether flirting or not. I have never seen in a dictionary the verb 'to go get' identified. To be a go-getter yes, but that is rather different. 'Go and get' or 'go to get' would be better. In old black and white films you hear characters say. "Will you take a drink with me? I really hate having to to translate something into incorrect English in order to finish the lesson.
It is not incorrect American English to use the bare infinitive after “go”. We can say “go to do something” or “go and do something” or simply “go do something.” Why would you think two verbs are one? Of course, they will be listed separately. There are however a couple of examples listed that you might recognize: “Go jump in a lake!” “Let’s go fly a kite!”
"Go get" not really considered an acceptable form in British English. "Go AND get," or "go TO get" are more correct.
Did you try reporting those as British English alternatives? Be careful as it is not "more" correct, as this is correct American English.
(♡ω♡ )man i like this course! as a beginner i see soo many patterns that i can reveal and apply in other situations. the infinitives, some new vocabulary, the order in the sentences.. it's a pure gem!✧
Technically, the good English translation would be, 'Would you like to go and get a drink?'
That is only one possible way to put it, but it uses another verb tense also available in French and even different verbs. “Aimeriez-vous aller chercher un verre?” It is not commonly said this way in French though, so you could try reporting it as an alternative for this common sentence, but I wouldn’t say that it is technically a good translation. Technically, it is rather different.
I reported this because it said that the correct answer was "Want to for a drink?"
Though it is the direct translation, "Would you like to go to take a drink?" would never be said naturally in English. The English version they gave isn't exactly the direct translation of the English phrase, but it is the common english equivalent
My translation "Do you want to go having a drink" (Pretty direct translation, I know) was corrected to "Do you want to go have a drink" I'm not a native in the English languge, but the latter one sounds really odd to me. Shouldn't you use a gerund here? Am I wrong or is DuoLingo wrong or is both right?
The correct English construction is "go have" because go is irregular in its construction. The construction is go + present tense verb (it can also be done - "go to have" or "go and have" but the to or and is dropped most times). Dropping the to doesn't work for "he goes." For that, you need "he goes to have" or "he goes and has."
Technically “ have” in “ go have” is not the present tense verb, but what they call the “bare infinitive” which is “to have” stripped of its “to”.
Also, “having” is certainly not a direct translation of a French infinitive. We would not use a gerund there in English as a gerund is used as a noun. You can go to a place or you can go to do something which in turn is usually expressed as “go do something.” and could also be expressed as “go and do something.”
Go and do is what we were taught in English grammar in UK, obviously a lot of American is different after hundreds of years change!
- 237
The structure to go have, to go get is more likely, I think, in American English. In British English you would be more likely to hear to go and have, to go and get, though with younger speakers you can find the two verbs together. Or, more simply, "Do you fancy (getting) a drink?"
Everyone drinks, though not everyone drinks alcohol. I might tell someone that I could go for a smoothie. Another person might redirect to go for a coffee.
Someone above said that was accepted, but that completely ignores the invitation to go.
“Un boisson” is any drink, not necessarily alcoholic. In English, we would say “a drink”. That is our expression, but you shouldn’t be surprised that they use a different expression in a different language. You cannot translate word for word. Often you must translate expression for expression.
Also more commenly in England. "Would you like to go for a drink."
Wow duolinguo you can be polite.. It is the first time you use "would like"
I was expecting:
Do you want to get a drink? haha
this is so polite but if somebody approched me i would probably say go away XD
My remark is not about this particular sentence, but about the whole exercise: it repeats exactly the same things two times!
"Voulez-vous" = Do you want, "aller" = to go, "prendre" = to take, "un verre" = a glass. Literally: Do you want to go take a glass? It's an idiomatic expression.
It makes perfectly good sense if you had the exercise to translate from English to French, but don’t forget that French requires spacing around two part punctuation marks. « Veux-tu aller prendre un verre ? ». If you are asking someone that you don’t know that well yet, then you might want to use the formal version above though and that person will tell you if they don’t mind you using the informal version that you would use with friends and family.
The translation to English is broken. "Voulez-vous" is "do you want". "Would" is conditional. And it already marked should as wrong in a past exercise because it's conditional.
Here we are translating one common French expression into the common English expression and each language has a different preference. “Would” is often used to add a layer of politeness in English and in French “vous” already has a layer of politeness.
“Do you want to go...” “want” is conjugated and “to go” is in infinitive form. What is your question? “I want to go....”
You could, but keep in mind that « Voulez-vous prendre un verre ? » is just the common way to say it in French. We say “Would you...” and that creates a more polite invitation, but they use “vous” which already makes it more formal than “tu” so they don’t have to do more.
I said "do you feel like having a drink", (got it wrong) and I feel like that's maybe even closer to a literal translation than the correct solutions. Am I off?
Yes. I could answer yes to your question and still not go with you to get a drink. “Do you feel like having a drink?” would be « Avez-vous envie de prendre un verre ? »
That sounds like I want the person to go get a drink for me or just go get one for yourself, but this is an invitation to go somewhere with me to get a drink. It is almost the opposite since I am inviting you and will probably pay for the drink. You cannot omit “like” or “want” and the verb “to go” is in infinitive form on purpose after that. “Do you want to go get a drink?” or “Would you like to go get a drink?”
English varies in different regions. "Would you like to go for a drink (with me)?" would be usual here. The above could be interpreted here as saying "would you like to go and get yourself a drink?". So, this is a US - UK English thing and rather charming.
Prendre un verre = get a glass. Why is Duo translating "verre" with "drink"? The French question should have been" Voulez-vous aller prendre un boisson", n'est ce pas ?
I got: - Do you want 1 drink? - Would you like to go get a drink?
Does this mean offering a drink or making someone buy you a drink or both?
This is an invitation to go and get a drink together. “Do you want 1 drink?” should be reported as wrong.
I said "can I buy you a drink?" (It was marked wrong.) I've never been invited to go have a drink and be expected to pay for it myself.
It is just that it would be rude in French to use “buy”. You are completely skipping the part about “going with me to get a drink”. Naturally I will pay for the drink, but now I am simply asking if the person will go with me. “Can I buy you a drink?” sounds like I will buy the drink here.
- 905
i noticed that almost all phrases use the formal vous form instead of tu. is that normal when flirting in french? or is it just because it's more polite to say vous?
It is more polite to say “vous” and the person can always tell you that you can use “tu”.
“voulez” is already conjugated so the rest of the verbs will be in infinitive form.
We do the same in English “want” is conjugated so it is “to go” then we vary it with a bare infinitive (without “to”) “get”
The translation I got was " Would you like to grab 1 drink?" C'est etrange en anglais, non?
Yes, that is a bit strange, but the programming will allow “1” for “un” in case you do mean “one” instead of “a”. It also ignores the invitation to go...
No, the conjugated verb is “voulez” and there is only one conjugated verb without a conjunction. After “voulez”, you would put an infinitive. It is the same in English. “Do you want to go...?”
That would be different in French. You could try “Would you like to go have a drink?”
That depends if you are asking someone you already know. “Vous” is more polite if it is someone you don’t know yet and if the person agrees that person may suggest using “tu”.
This is true, but French people don't ask each other to "go for a drink", they ask each other to "take a glass" with them.
Irony. In the 1980's in England young men were very grude and used it in pubs as they were drunk and didn't know how to speak to girls.
Also, for an english person to ask a french person. Remember if it is a chat up line you opviously don't know the french person you are asking.
Would this also translate the same without aller? Like if I said "Voulez-vous prendre un verre?"
That would be different, because you would have the drink here, instead of going somewhere else for it.
- 207
Would you like to go get a drink? = correct in the USA, not Britain. Here one would say Would you like to go and get a drink?
boy:would you like to go get a drink of alcohol? girl:oh yes PRINCE CHAR CHAR! I WILL DO ANY THING FOR YOU!!!!!!! I WILL GO JUMP OF A CLIF AND DIE FOR YOU EVEN THO I NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE WITH YOU IF I DIE. I WILL SEE YOU IN HEVEN CHAR CHAR!
- 1019
Personally I think the English phrase would sound more natural as "Would you like to go AND get a drink" (NZ English)
- 1019
Personally, I think the English phrase would sound more natural as "Would you like to go AND get drink" (NZ English)
- 1019
Personally, I think the English phrase would sound more natural as "Would you like to go AND get drink" (NZ English)
Not in American English, but “ go and ...” would be used in British English.
It should be: "Would you like to get and get a drink?" because "go get" doesn't make as much sense
- 1438
Please don't use this sentence "prendre un verre", unless you just want to be her friend !!!! If you want to invite her to go out as her man, you have to use this sentence "Je te propose de voir un verre " or "Je vous propose de voir un verre". Ask any French men or women about it ? It is very serious matter !!!!
It said I had a typo though I couldn't have, given that you don't type it, you click the words... Idk
This is how you learn - through repetition. If you are bored, start the other subject. Then come back to finish the old one in a week to see if you remember it.
Go where? In American English, it feels as though you are separating these into two separate activities. as if "I am going shopping and then I am getting a drink."
Do not put "and" in your answer to pass this sentence, though report it as also correct for UK.
This needs "and" if any resemblance to correct grammar is to be achieved. i.e. Would you like to go AND get a drink?
Correct grammar in UK, but not in USA; just report it as also correct if it is not accepted.
It's badly translated to English. Better is: Would you like to go for a drink?
- 243
This should be translated as 'Do you want to go get a drink?' The translation Duo has given would be for 'Voudrais-vous aller prendre un verre?'
"Vous" is a polite form, but in English "do you want" is not pollite, so it is changed to " would you like..." which would have been literally "Voudriez- vous aimer aller prendre un verre?"
British English and American English have some differences which aren't necessarily bad. So, go fly a kite! Some people might tell you to "Go jump in a lake!" Over time some words don't use "and", I am sure you are used to modal verbs, but here we also say "Help me find this." as well, using the bare infinitive without "to". Please delete the copy of your comment below.
Bad owl! Alcohol has nothing to do with flirting. I'm really disappointed in you.
"Would you like" is simply a politer expression used for "Do you want", the French is using "vous" which makes it more polite.
go get is very informal and the translation is a bit confusing, i would change it to: would you like to go and get a drink? Or: would you like to go to get a drink? Also in English when you invite you'd rather say: have a drink not get a drink
This sentence is more of a casual phrase.... not really a flirty one
It is probably all in the delivery. Some people also don't drink with just anyone.
