Dictionary / I miss France
How to Say "I miss France" in French
La France me manque
/la fʁɑ̃s mə mɑ̃k/
Literally: France is missing from me
La France
France
me
from me
manque
is missing
Good to know
The same structure covers anything you miss: mon pays me manque, Paris me manque, ma vie d'avant me manque. The thing missed is always the subject, so the verb agrees with it, not with you.
Correct
La France me manque
What people say wrong
Je manque la France
France lacks me
The mistake to avoid. Same inversion as I miss you, and it catches people who have already learned the personal version. Je manque la France would mean France lacks me. Put the thing you miss first: la France me manque.
In context
La France me manque, surtout le pain.
I miss France, especially the bread.
Paris te manque ?
Do you miss Paris?
Ce café me manquait.
I had missed this coffee.