In today’s lesson we’ll look at a super useful and fun interjection: “Zut!”, which has many translations including “shoot!” and “darn!”. We’ll also cover two equivalent words “mince!” and “flûte!
zut
shoot, darn!
Zut – shoot, darn
Example sentences
All of the example sentences in this lesson are in the passé composé, a commonly used French past.
Shoot! I forgot my keys!
The French combine zut with alors in the expression “zut alors!”. While alors on its own translates to “so”, the expression “zut alors!” still means “shoot!” or “darn!”.
Zut alors ! J’ai laissé mon parapluie à la maison et il commence à pleuvoir.
Darn it! I left my umbrella at home and it’s starting to rain.
The French have two other commonly used equivalent words to zut which appear in these final two example sentences: “mince!” and “flûte!”.
Mince ! J’ai encore fait la même erreur !
Shoot! I make the same mistake again!
Flûte! j’ai oublié mon rendez-vous chez le médecin.
Darn! I forgot my doctor‘s appointment.
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