Everyday life
sympa
AbbreviationStandardA1Meaning
sympathique
Sympathique, clipped, and one of the most frequent words in spoken French: une personne sympa, un resto sympa, « c'est sympa de ta part ». It does not agree in gender, and takes an s in the plural: des gens sympas.
How it is said
sympa
Gender and article
no article
Where you meet it
A conversation, an online review, a message.
Example
Petit resto très sympa, personnel accueillant, prix corrects.
Really nice (sympa) little restaurant, welcoming staff, fair prices.
In the DELF
listening A1 · reading A1
Watch out
No agreement in gender: une fille sympa. In the plural, dictionaries write sympas. In an exam, « sympathique » or « agréable ».