Equivalent for sarcastic question “X much?”

Question

Is there any French equivalent for when people say something like “X much?”

It works like this:

Someone keeps stumbling clumsily or walking into things so you might say “Wow, walk much?”

It doesn’t mean “Do you walk a lot?” but rather ”You can’t walk at all” or ”Can you even walk?”

Another example:

Someone could be eating a salad and they start to choke on it a little so someone might say “Swallow much?” which is really just saying “You definitely can’t swallow that” or ”Don’t forget to swallow!”

It’s a very sarcastic remark that’s pretty common so I was wondering if there was any French phrases that could be used as an equivalent?

Answer 1

I don't think there are a perfect translation.

You can use "Apprends à X". But it can be a little mean, so use it carefully.

You can use it with good friend when they fail to do something simple.

Exemples :

"Apprends à macher"

"Apprends à manger"

"Apprends à marcher"

Answer 2

It's quite interesting but I'm pretty sure we don't have such a "generic" expression or phrase to say so.

For you example with salad, we may say (with sarcasm) something like:

Eh t'étouffes pas hein !

For the fisrt one, you may hear:

Regarde où tu mets les pieds quand tu marches !

So as you can see, there is no ordinary expression like the use of "much" as you explained. You might use common expressions we usualy use depending on the context.

Answer 3

The expression that most closely resembles in meaning and form, in my opinion, would be "ça t'arrive de X?". For example:

Ouah, ça t'arrive de marcher ?

Dis, ça t'arrive de mâcher ?

It will be used with the same sarcastic undertone as "X much" in English and means the same thing.

Answer 4

Davantage inspiré du sens que de la morphologie :

Sais-tu c'est quoi/ce que c'est que/ce qu'est/qu'est-ce que c'est (que)...
Sais-tu (même)(comment)...
Es-tu (même) capable de/d'...

...marcher/avaler/manger etc.