nous nous sommes bien amusés
The English phrase "we had fun" is translated into French as nous nous sommes bien amusés.
A phrase used to say that people enjoyed themselves during a past activity.
What does it mean word for word?
Literally, nous nous sommes bien amusés means "we ourselves have well amused ourselves."
Which one should you use?
The form nous nous sommes bien amusés is used for formal or written contexts. In casual spoken French, people often replace nous nous sommes bien amusés with on s'est bien amusés to mean 'we had fun'.
How does it change in a sentence?
The phrase nous nous sommes bien amusés changes to nous nous sommes bien amusées if the group of people having fun is entirely female. Additionally, in informal speech, the subject nous is frequently replaced by on in the phrase on s'est bien amusés.
Did you know?
- In certain French-speaking regions, you might hear someone say je to mean 'we' instead of using nous, a habit that was historically ridiculed in literature as a mark of a peasant.
- If you use the casual on s'est bien amusés, the adjective amusés still agrees with the group, meaning you add an 'e' if the 'we' refers to a group of women.
- The word bien in nous nous sommes bien amusés performs a similar function to the English word 'really' in the sense of 'we 'really' had fun', rather than just 'well'.
Examples in context
- Hier, nous nous sommes bien amusés.Yesterday we had fun.This sentence is useful for stating when the fun occurred using the form nous nous sommes bien amusés.Tatoeba #4288 by TRANG, translation #2411 by shortiiboy
- Nous avons passé un bon moment lors de cette conférence.We had a good time during that conference.
- On s'est bien amusés à la fête hier soir!We had a great time at the party last night!
- Nous nous sommes bien amusés à la fête.We had fun at the party.
- Pendant les vacances, nous nous sommes bien amusés.During the holidays, we had fun.
Example conversation
Manon and Gabriel are talking about their recent trip to the beach.
- ManonC'était une super journée, non ?It was a great day, wasn't it?
- GabrielOui, nous nous sommes bien amusés !Yes, we had fun!
- ManonJe suis très contente de ce voyage.I am very happy with this trip.
- GabrielMoi aussi, c'était génial.Me too, it was great.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
