range ta chambre
In French, 'clean up your room' is translated as range ta chambre.
This phrase is used to tell someone to put things back in their proper places to make a room tidy.
Which one should you use?
There is a distinction between tidying and scrubbing. While range ta chambre focuses on tidying up clutter and putting things away, nettoie ta chambre implies a deeper cleaning, such as dusting or wiping surfaces.
How does it change in a sentence?
When speaking to more than one person or using the formal 'vous' form, use rangez votre chambre instead of range ta chambre.
Did you know?
- The word chambre shares a surprising history with the English word 'camera'. Both trace back to the Latin 'camera', meaning a vaulted or arched chamber.
- French uses the verb ranger for a wide variety of organizational tasks, such as ranger ses idées to collect one's thoughts or ranger un dossier to file a document.
Examples in context
- Range ta chambre, s'il te plaît. On va bientôt partir.Clean up your room, please. We'll be leaving soon.
- Range ta chambre avant de sortir !Clean up your room before going out!
- Range ta chambre avant de sortir.Clean up your room before going out.
- S'il te plaît, range ta chambre.Please, clean up your room.
Example conversation
A mother is talking to her son in the hallway.
- EmmaLucas, range ta chambre tout de suite.Lucas, clean up your room right now.
- LucasJe le ferai plus tard, maman.I will do it later, mom.
- EmmaNon, range ta chambre maintenant.No, clean up your room now.
- LucasD'accord, je m'en occupe.Okay, I'll take care of it.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries chambre, ta, CC BY-SA 4.0.
