Mot du Jour

Amuser/s'amuser

Amuser is to entertain other people

• They amused themselves playing cards

• The thought seems to amuse him

• Tom makes up stories to amuse his little brother

• He could amuse us for hours with his stories of the theater

"S'amuser" is to have fun, to have a good time, oneself, not others

• I often amuse myself by reading

• Les enfants s'amusent dans le jardin

• Il'aime passer son temps à s’amuser aux jeux vidéo

• They were having a whale of a time at the party

"S'ennuyer" is to get bored

• Les enfants se sont ennuyés

• s’être beaucoup ennuyé pendant le voyage: c'est pas moi!