In French, how do you say "How far along are you with X"?

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In conversation with my friend, I said:

Tu en es à combien de nouvelles recettes ?

I wonder if my phrasing conveys the idea of:

How far along are you with (coming up with) new recipes?

How do French speakers commonly express the idea of "How far along are you with X"?

Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-17 09:38:50Z

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I think the closest translation would be the French idiom "Où en es-tu [...] ?"

Examples:

Où en es-tu avec les nouvelles recettes ?

Où en es-tu dans la création de nouvelles recettes ?

More informal versions, used in spoken French:

Tu en es où / T'en es où avec les nouvelles recettes ?

Tu en es où / T'en es où dans la création de nouvelles recettes ?

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answered Dec 30, 2017 at 17:10

Ronan Boiteau

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Or more colloquially "Tu en es où avec/dans X ?"?
– Con-gras-tue-les-chiens
Commented Dec 30, 2017 at 17:13
@Alone-zee: Precisely ;)
– Ronan Boiteau
Commented Dec 30, 2017 at 17:17
Hi. When you say "Tu en es où avec la trilogie Harry Potter ?", does it sound as if your interlocutor is writing the books himself? Instead of reading them?
– Con-gras-tue-les-chiens
Commented Dec 30, 2017 at 17:21
For book series and TV shows, this idiom is widely used. "Tu en es où dans la trilogie Harry Potter ?" sounds as if you are reading the books, not writing them. Even though the very same sentence could be said in a conversation between a book writer and a friend asking him how far along he is with his writing. It really depends on the context.
– Ronan Boiteau
Commented Dec 30, 2017 at 17:26
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Note that a "Bretonne" alternative is using "se rendre" instead of "être (à)", "Tu es rendu où...". But other may not understand it.
– Larme
Commented Jan 2, 2018 at 12:25

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