Get well soon: how to wish a swift recovery in French

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Sometimes, a friend is sick and you want to wish her « get well soon ».
In French.

So you try « J’espère que tu vas mieux bientôt »: a grammatical nightmare (don’t use this phrase, it’s wrong).
But she gets it, smiles and says « Merci ».

How to PROPERLY wish « Get well soon » in French, this is what we’ll see in today’s episode of Comme une Française TV!

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Remember this episode next time a French friend, neighbour or colleague has
a cold: What will you wish her? Did you already know these expressions?

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Was your friend happily surprised? Was she impressed by your French? Did she
answer back in French?

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Gros bisous et à la prochaine !

Géraldine

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  • Merci Géraldine. In Italy they are equally afraid/superstitious about cancer so they say “un bruto male”. A bad illness. I was grateful for your video about how to tell my French friend to get well. Thank you. Merci et meilleurs soullaits ? Did I get that right?

  • Bonjour! How would you use “une grande maladie” in a sentence?
    “Soignez-vous bien une grande maladie”? That seems very wrong haha I don’t want to misuse such a serious phrase.

  • Bonjour! Merci pour votre vidéo! I just saw that a friend broke her finger. I want to ask her what happened, should I say:

    Que t’est-arrivée?
    Qu’est-ce qui t’est arrivée?
    Qu’est-ce qu’il t’est arrivée?

    I’m a little confused on which of the above is correct. I’d greatly appreciate your help!

    Merci

    • Hello Tommy,

      I’m not sure as there are many parameters at stake here.
      Maybe try “Je suis désolé” ? It always work.

      • ….d’entendre ça? or perhaps mor ‘involv’d’: Je suis effondré d’entendre ça... Vachement merci Geri.

        T

  • Does these two expressions also works for ‘wishing a friend who got injured?’

    i.e. he had a fracture and currently needs to walk with the crutches.

  • My french teacher just texted that she wont be able to come today parce-que elle a la gastro . I had seen this video yester-night .So, i didn’t make the grammatical mistake that you talked about. Thanks:)

  • Bonjour Géraldine,

    Pour ce sentiment, j’ai entendu “Guéris vite.” Est-ce que c’est une bonne expression ou c’est mon imagination?
    Merci!

    • Bonjour transrapide,

      Oui, on peut dire “guéris vite” pour “get well soon”. Tout à fait !

  • Hi, thanks for the video on what to wish someone who is ill. Our neighbour has just had a heart attack and I am going out to buy her a get well card in a bit to drop to her husband as she is in hospital. This info on what to say is really helpful

  • Geraldine, this video was great! I’ve lived in France for over a year, and since my boyfriend is French and I speak French, not everything in the videos is always new to me (but I still watch them, and I’ve picked up some useful things!) but I realized that this was a gap in my French knowledge that I never learned properly, (I think I’ve even said the “grammatical nightmare” – quelle horreur! J’ai trop honte!) And I didn’t know about “une longue maladie” either. (…I sound like the worst expat ever, with all the things I still don’t know!) Anyway, thank you for this one! I love your bite-sized lessons.

  • Someone I know just posted this Tweet: Chez le dentiste. Je n’aime pas ça ici.

    So I sent a Tweet that said “Soigne-toi bien!” She said “Merci.” 🙂

  • Bonjour Geraldine!!

    You make my life much happier in France with your friendly way to teach french. I’m glad I met you.

    Merciii
    Bonne journée

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