voulez-vous coucher avec moi

would you like to sleep with me in french

French expression, literally meaning "Do you want to sleep with me?"
An optional addition is "Ce soir" meaning "Tonight".

French term for Let's get busy.

Actually very polite french for "Would you like to sleep with me tonight".

Makes an awkward pickup line when asked to a french girl as it's way too formal and more sort of written french.

Ask "tu aurais envie de faire l'amour ce soir?" instead.

The phrase "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi?" actually appeared before the song, in the play "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams, and a poem by E.E. Cummings. The phrase is puzzling as it uses formal language ("vous" is the formal way to say "you") while describing an intimate act (the phrase literally means "Do you want to come to bed with me?"). This leads many to believe that the phrase is tied with prostitution.

Actually, "Lady Marmalade" was not by Patti Labelle, but by the group Labelle, a band she fronted. Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash rounded out the trio. "Lady Marmalade" was written by Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan and was featured on Labelle's 1974 album Nightbirds.

voulez=will
vous=you
coucher= to sleep
avec=with
moi=me
ce=this
soir=evening

*it should be noted that ce soir can be better translated as 'tonight'


Due to the directness of this phrase, it will never work on females. You might as well say 'baise-moi' (fuck me). Usually, this is said by americans on trips to europe who aren't used to handling any beverage with more than 0.2% alcohol