te servir de

to use

→ te
phrase Rare #35,511
to use Used with an object to mean “to use” or “to know how to use” something. The pronoun te is the informal second-person form, as in the expression se servir de.
FR: Sais-tu comment te servir de cette machinea0?
EN: Do you know how to use this machine?

Tu peux te servir de ma machine à écrire.

You can use my typewriter.

Tu pouvais pas te servir de ça?

Couldn't you have used that?

— Bullet Train (2022)

Sais-tu comment te servir de cette machine?

Do you know how to use this machine?

Tu sais comment te servir de ça?

Do you know how to use this?

Tu sais te servir de ça?

Do you know how to use this?

La prochaine fois, demande-moi avant de te servir de ma voiture.

Next time, ask me before you use my car.

Tu ne sais pas te servir de ce truc-là.

You don't know how to use that thing.

— Cours, Lola, cours (1998)