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You in French
vous
The French word is vous. It means you (one person politely; several people).
you (one person politely; several people)
Examples · 2
- Vous avez oublié votre parapluie chez moi.You forgot your umbrella at my place.
vous: the same question to a stranger
Vous habitez dans ce quartier ?Do you live in this area?
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you (one person politely; several people)
- Vous avez oublié votre parapluie chez moi.You forgot your umbrella at my place.
vous: the same question to a stranger
Vous habitez dans ce quartier ?Do you live in this area?vous: the polite impératif, and the same order said to several people
Fermez la fenêtre, s'il vous plaît, il fait froid.Close the window, please, it is cold.vous: offering something to a guest or a customer
Vous voulez un café ?Do you want a coffee?vous: asking a teacher or a stranger
Vous pouvez répéter, s'il vous plaît ?Can you repeat that, please?
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Questions people ask
- How do you say you in French?
- Vous. It means you (one person politely; several people).
- When do you use vous?
- vous: the same question to a stranger; vous: the polite impératif, and the same order said to several people; vous: offering something to a guest or a customer; vous: asking a teacher or a stranger.
- How do you use vous in a sentence?
- Vous avez oublié votre parapluie chez moi. (You forgot your umbrella at my place.)
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- àto, at, in
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- c'estit is, this is, that is
- cethis, that
- chezat the home of, at
- commenthow
- dansin, inside
- deof, from
- dusome
- ensome of it, of them
- etand
- il y athere is, there are
- lethe
- maisbut
- meme, to me
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- nouswe
- onwe
- ouor
- oùwhere
- parce quebecause
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