On this page, we are going to teach you all the things you have to know about the basic French expression "À un de ces quatre". To be clear, this includes a detailed explanation of what it is and how to use it in a conversation with an audio example. But that's not all, we also added some useful things like synonym, dialogue example, slow pronunciation audio and more!
Translation : See you later
Literal meaning : To one of these four
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IPA : / a ɛ̃ də se katʁ /
"À un de ces quatre" 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.
This expression is the short version of "Un de ces quatre matins" (One of these four mornings), in the sense of "one of the few mornings to come". It designates a small quantity and a short duration, but which remains indeterminate, which explains its imprecision and its equivalence with "someday".
Reminder: most of them are not "full synonyms". Please check the "How to use" section above for more details.
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Au revoir, voisine
Goodbye, neighbor
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