Get ready to find out all the things you have to know about the basic French expression "À un de ces jours". It includes a full guide of what it is and how you can use it in a casual conversation with an audio example. And because we want to help you on your learning journey, we also added some useful stuff like dialogue example, slow pronunciation audio, synonym and more!
Translation : See you around
Literal meaning : To one of these days
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IPA : / a ɛ̃ də se ʒuʁ /
"À un de ces jours" is the French way to say "See you later" or "See you around". It's useful when you don't know exactly when you will see the person again. If it's not the case, other expressions are more appropriate. More on that in the next section...
Every time you are leaving someone, you have to think of when will be the next time you will see this person again. The answer to this question will affect how to say goodbye.
If the next time you will see the person is not defined, you can use:
And here are the ones you can use if you know when you will see the person again:
*The time frames aren't fixed, but being too far from it might cause some misunderstandings.
Reminder: most of them are not "full synonyms". Please check the "How to use" section above for more details.
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