Breakdown of Ça fait un an que tu as la nostalgie de la France.
un
a / an (masculine)
tu
you (informal singular)
avoir
to have
de
of / from / any (in negative sentences) / about (concerning)
l'an
the year (m)
la France
France
que
that (introducing a clause)
ça fait
it has been
la nostalgie
the nostalgia
Questions & Answers about Ça fait un an que tu as la nostalgie de la France.
Why is tu as in the present tense when the English translation says "you have had"?
In French, when a situation started in the past and is still going on, you use the present tense with duration phrases like ça fait... que. Because you still feel homesick right now, tu as stays in the present. English uses the present perfect ("have had"), which is why this can feel tricky!
How is the sentence structure different here compared to using depuis?
Why does the French sentence use de la instead of a word for "for" like in English?
The fixed expression is avoir la nostalgie de (literally, to have the nostalgia of). French countries almost always need their definite article, so you add la for France. The preposition de plus la stays as de la, giving you de la France.
Does avoir la nostalgie just mean "to miss" something?
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