mon film préféré est
The English phrase "my favorite movie is" is translated into French as mon film préféré est.
This phrase is used to introduce the name of the movie that a person likes more than any other.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is built from mon (my), film (movie), préféré (favorite/preferred) and est (is).
Which one should you use?
You can also use the adjective favori instead of préféré to mean the same thing, resulting in mon film favori est. In informal settings, you might use the structure Mon film préféré, c'est… to express the same idea.
How does it change in a sentence?
If you want to say "my favorite series is" instead of "movie", you must change the masculine mon film préféré to the feminine ma série préférée to match the gender of the noun. To express the plural "my favorite movies are", you must change the possessive adjective to mes, the noun to films, the adjective to préférés, while also changing the verb to sont.
Did you know?
- In French culture, the term septième art (seventh art) is frequently used to describe the medium of cinema itself.
- France is the birthplace of cinema, as the Lumière brothers held the first public screened movie exhibition in Paris in 1895.
- The word film is actually an English loanword. While many French words come from Latin, film was adopted directly from English into the French language.
Examples in context
- Mon film préféré est Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain.My favorite movie is Amélie.
- Le film que je préfère est Le Roi Lion.My favorite movie is The Lion King.
- Mon film préféré, c'est Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers.My favorite movie is Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
- Mon film préféré est Léon, parce que j'adore les thrillers.My favorite movie is Léon because I love thrillers.
- J'adore les comédies romantiques, et mon film préféré du genre est Pretty Woman.I love romantic comedies, and my favorite movie of the genre is Pretty Woman.
- Mon film préféré est Ratatouille.My favorite movie is Ratatouille.
- Mon film préféré est un vieux classique.My favorite movie is an old classic.
- Est-ce que tu sais que mon film préféré est Titanic ?Do you know that my favorite movie is Titanic?
Example conversation
Chloé and Lucas are discussing cinema at a cafe.
- ChloéQuel est ton genre de cinéma ?What genre of cinema do you like?
- LucasJ'adore l'aventure, et mon film préféré est Indiana Jones.I love adventure, and my favorite movie is Indiana Jones.
- ChloéC'est un excellent choix !That is an excellent choice!
- LucasEt pour toi, quel est ton film préféré ?And for you, what is your favorite movie?
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries est, film, mon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
