Google Translate gives C'est ton tour. Is this what you would use, when telling a friend it's his turn in a game? To give an example, I'm playing a friend in Words with Friends (a lot like Scrabble) and I would like to say to him, "It's your turn".
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Here is a couple of common ways to say it:
[C'est] à toi
C'est à ton tour [de jouer]
Dropping the à is possible too:
- C'est ton tour
Here is, as I discovered thanks to your very question, quite a localized one:
- Ça vient à toi (Marseille area only!)
To answer to your first comment, note that à mon/ton/son tour is an old "set expression".
Quoted from: Curiositez françoises pour supplément aux dictionnaires Antoine Oudin, 1640
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I must say, I'm a little surprised by the preposition à. I would have thought that C'est ton tour would be correct. Could you explain the need for this preposition? – ktm5124 Oct 28 '17 at 20:53
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1@ktm5124 The "à son tour" is a fixed expression. I'd say, for instance: « À ce rythme, ce ne sera qu’une question de temps avant que Sophie ne soit larguée à son tour. » === "Now, it's her turn to be ditched." – Con-gras-tue-les-chiens Oct 28 '17 at 21:12
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@Alone-zee Expression fixe. Je comprends. Merci. – ktm5124 Oct 28 '17 at 21:15
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1"Ça vient à toi" is something I have never heard. Could this be a regional turn of phrase ? – Greg Oct 29 '17 at 12:04
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1@Greg You are right. Thanks! I never noticed it before but this is typical from Marseille / Provence (possibly wider Occitan area). – jlliagre Oct 29 '17 at 15:54
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@jlliagre: I've never heard this one around Toulouse. Unless the situation makes it very obvious, I don't think I would have understood this actually. – Stéphane Gimenez Oct 30 '17 at 01:06
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@StéphaneGimenez Bouducon ! Je ne trouve pas de références ailleurs que dans le 13 ! C'est vraiment du parler marseillais et je ne m'en étais jamais rendu compte. – jlliagre Oct 30 '17 at 05:56
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1The revised version of the answer might make the impression that « à ton tour » is no longer normally used… A new correction necessary? Or that was exactly the impression you were willing to make? – Evgeniy Oct 30 '17 at 11:56
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@Evgeniy Yes, answer revised to clarify à ton tour usage. Thanks! – jlliagre Oct 30 '17 at 13:20
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Ce n'est pas écrit dans les réponses possibles mais personnellement j'utilise "À toi" dans 99% des cas (que je vois comme la contraction de "À toi de jouer". – Teleporting Goat Oct 30 '17 at 16:05
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1Je suis marseillais et je confirme que je dis "Ça vient à toi" :) – user3649 Oct 31 '17 at 10:47
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How you tell your friend it is his turn to play depends how close you are and how formal you want to be. From very formal to complete slang:
C'est à vous, chère amie!
C'est ton tour!
À toi de jouer!
À toi!
Quand tu veux, mon neveu!
Z-y-va, pose tes tuiles!
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