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All about the French quote "Tu as une idée"

We are going to explain you everything you need to know about the basic French phrase “Tu as une idée”.

It includes a full guide of what it is and how you can use it in a casual conversation with an audio example. As well as the useful informations we added like dialogue example, slow pronunciation audio and more!

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Example in a story with English translation

Now, let’s see a complete example of this sentence in a story with slow French audio and the English translation below.

Le cadeau d'anniversaire

The birthday gift

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Un jour, dans l’après-midi, Brigitte alla voir Nicolas dans sa chambre. Elle tapa à sa porte…

One day, in the afternoon, Brigitte went to see Nicolas in his room. She knocked at his door…

Nicolas: Entre.

Come in.

Brigitte: Tu sais que c’est l’anniversaire de maman dans quelques semaines ?

You know it’s mom’s birthday in a few weeks?

Nicolas: Oui, je sais.

Yes, I know.

Brigitte: Tu as une idée de cadeau ?

Do you have a gift idea?

Nicolas: C’est trop tôt pour commencer à y réfléchir, on a le temps…

It’s too early to start thinking about it, we have time…

Brigitte: Je préfère y penser maintenant plutôt qu’au dernier moment.

I prefer to think about it now rather than at the last moment.