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Discover the French sentence "Sois toi-même"

Get prepared to discover all the things you have to know about the inspirational sentence "Sois toi-même". It includes a full guide of what it is and how to use it in a casual conversation with an audio example. But, we also added some useful things like dialogue example, slow pronunciation audio, synonyms and more!

English translation

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  Translation : Be yourself

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  Register : Neutral - Inspirational

How to pronounce

Slow

Normal

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  IPA : / swa twamɛm /

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Sois toi-même meaning

Definition

It literally means:

• Sois → Be
• Toi-même → Yourself

Such a classic inspirational sentence: very useful as a personal reminder or to motivate someone else. It simply means "Be yourself" and it encourages us to stop chasing to be like someone else, look like someone else, etc.

It's a way to say that the best thing we can do in this world is to simply be ourselves.

How to use it

This is very simple to use. If you know someone who needs to stop trying to be someone else and act more naturally, tell this person: "Sois toi-même."

Fun stuff

It also looks gorgeous as a tattoo!

Synonyms

• Sois toi-même, tous les autres sont déjà pris. ("Be yourself, everybody else is already taken")
• Sois toi-même, tu ne sais jamais qui tu inspires. ("Be yourself, you never know who you inspire")
• Sois toujours la première version de toi même et non la deuxième version de quelqu'un d'autre. ("Be always the first version of yourself and not the second version of someone else")

Example in a dialogue with audio

Dialogue

Comment savoir quoi faire ?

How to know what to do in this situation?

Sois toi-même, c'est toujours la bonne solution

Be yourself, it's always the right solution.

Tu as raison, merci !

You're right, thanks!