Chez comes from the Latin word for “house”, casa. So chez moi literally means something like “at the house of me”, but in practice it simply means “at my place”. However, chez is not limited to someone’s home. Depending on what follows it, it can also refer to a person’s country, body, character, profession, culture…
If your French is grammatically correct but sounds translated, pouvoir may be part of the problem. English uses “can” for many different purposes, including ability, permission, possibility and requests. French uses several different expressions instead. Using pouvoir whenever you would use “can” can therefore make your French sound unnatural. Here are some common cases and…
