Learn 10 lines you'll need to reject a date
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| Hi everyone. I am Lindsay from Frenchpod101.com |
| In this video, we’d be talking about the Top 10 Lines You’ll Need to Reject a Date. Let’s begin. It’s going to be fun. |
| 1. Désolé mais j'ai déjà autre chose de prévu. “Sorry, but I already have another plan.” |
| This is simple and clear. You can actually use it also to refuse an invitation, not only a date. I do that a lot. Sorry guys! |
| 2. Oh, je dois travailler tard aujourd'hui. “Oh, I have to work late today.” |
| This is a reasonable way to refuse a date you don’t want to go on. The other person will ask you too many explanations as it’s clear that you won’t have time for anything else than work. That’s a good one. |
| 3. Oh, je suis en retard pour mes cours. Désolé(e), je ne peux pas. “Oh, I'm late for class. Sorry, I can't.” |
| I use that a lot actually when they ask me in the street if I can sign or if I can pay something because yeah, you know, I don’t have time, you know, this is what I do. If you are a student, this works well but keep in mind that classes are limited to certain days and hours and you can’t use it to refuse a date on a Sunday. Hmm... I am pretty sure that there are classes on Sundays too like I had some classes for example. So you can use it on Sundays too. |
| 4. Je dois étudier pour mes examens de fin d'année. “I have to study for my final terms exams.” |
| Yeah, I remember using that recently. If you are a student, you definitely need to learn this as we’d have to take final exams sooner or later. |
| 5. Oh, je viens d'accepter d'aller en soirée avec les filles. Désolé(e)! “Oh, I just agreed to go out with the girls tonight. Sorry!” |
| You can use this to refuse an invitation for the evening. As you can see, you can refer to your girlfriends as les filles. I use that a lot or like sometimes when the men ask me hey, do you have a boyfriend? I say, no, désolé, je... I have a girlfriend. J'ai une copine. |
| 6. Hmmm... je dois vérifier mon emploi du temps. Je peux te répondre plus tard? “Umm... I've got to check my schedule. Can I get back to you later?” |
| Use this when you don’t want to decline right away. You can later send a message saying that you are busy. Yeah, that’s actually a good way to bide time you know and be like, hey well, maybe I can, maybe I cannot but actually you already know you already made up your mind. |
| 7. Ces derniers temps je suis très occupé(e). “I've been very busy lately.” |
| Yes, I had. This is not a clear way to refuse an invitation as you don’t want to say anything about your availability. So you better add something like I need to rest. J’ai besoin de me reposer. Here, just make sure when you say très occupé, you get into the liaison in between, because there is S and then you do the liaison with the O. So très occupé, not très / occupé. |
| 8. J'ai quelque chose d'urgent à faire. “I have something urgent to do.” |
| If you don’t want to be asked details, be sure to use a serious tone of voice when saying this. |
| J'ai quelque chose d'urgent à faire. |
| Um... no, that was bad. |
| J'ai quelque chose d'urgent à faire, that would be better. |
| 9. Je ne suis pas intéressé(e), désolé(e). “I'm not interested, sorry.” |
| I use that a lot. This is the ultimate way to refuse a date. Be careful when using it because you may hurt the other person. You know, well, we got to be direct and clear right. |
| 10. Je n'ai pas le temps. “I don't have time.” |
| This is short and clear but if you don’t add some explanations, you may sound very rude. |
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