Flirting

1. Vous êtes très beau / belle

   You are very handsome / beautiful

   Usage

   A polite compliment on someone's appearance

   Grammar Note

   Beau is masculine, belle is feminine. Match the adjective to the person's gender

2. Est-ce que je peux vous offrir un verre ?

   Can I buy you a drink?

   Usage

   Offer to buy someone a drink at a bar or social event

   Grammar Note

   "Offrir un verre" is idiomatic for treating someone to a drink

3. J'aimerais vous revoir

   I'd like to see you again

   Usage

   Express your wish to meet someone again after getting to know them

   Grammar Note

   "Aimerais" is conditional of aimer. "Revoir" is a compound: re (again) + voir (see)

4. Voulez-vous danser avec moi ?

   Would you like to dance with me?

   Usage

   Invite someone to dance at a party or dance floor

   Grammar Note

   This is a natural way to ask to dance. Far more appropriate than the infamous similar phrase

5. Vous avez un très beau sourire

   You have a very beautiful smile

   Usage

   A refined compliment about someone's smile

   Grammar Note

   "Sourire" is masculine so we use "beau". Before vowels, beau becomes "bel"

6. Vous me manquez déjà

   I already miss you

   Usage

   A romantic way to tell someone you miss them immediately after parting

   Grammar Note

   French "manquer" reverses subject and object compared to English: "vous me manquez" = you make me miss (you)

7. Puis-je vous inviter à dîner ?

   May I invite you to dinner?

   Usage

   Politely invite someone on a dinner date

   Grammar Note

   "Inviter à + meal" means to invite to a meal. "Dîner" is masculine (dinner)

8. Vous avez de très beaux yeux

   You have very beautiful eyes

   Usage

   A classic French compliment about someone's eyes

   Grammar Note

   "Beau" becomes "beaux" in masculine plural. "Yeux" is the irregular plural of œil (eye)

9. J'aime votre façon de rire

   I like the way you laugh

   Usage

   Compliment someone's charming personal mannerism or laugh

   Grammar Note

   "Façon de + infinitive" means the way of doing something. "Façon" is feminine

10. On pourrait se revoir demain ?

    Could we see each other again tomorrow?

    Usage

    Suggest meeting again after a great encounter

    Grammar Note

    "Pourrait" is the conditional of pouvoir. "On" is an informal subject meaning "we"

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