Learn French: Chérie, tu as vu mes chaussettes ? - Darling, have you seen my socks ?

Chérie, tu as vu mes chaussettes ?

Darling, have you seen my socks ?

Breakdown of Chérie, tu as vu mes chaussettes ?

you (informal singular)

Questions & Answers about Chérie, tu as vu mes chaussettes ?

Why is it Chérie with an "e" at the end?

The speaker is addressing a woman, so they use the feminine form chérie. If they were speaking to a man, it would be chéri without the "e" at the end, though both are pronounced exactly the same.

Why is there no est-ce que or subject-verb inversion to make this a question?

In everyday spoken French, it is very common to ask a question simply by using the normal statement word order (tu as vu) and raising your voice at the end. This is less formal than using est-ce que or inversion (as-tu vu).

English uses the present perfect "have you seen", but does French use a different tense here?

French uses the passé composé (tu as vu). While English makes a strict difference between the simple past ("did you see") and the present perfect ("have you seen"), French simply uses the passé composé for both in everyday speech.

I always mix up chaussettes and chaussures. Is there a trick to remember them?

It is a very common mix-up! Chaussettes means socks and chaussures means shoes. You can think of the -ettes ending in chaussettes as a diminutive or "little" version, since socks are softer and go inside your shoes.