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Dire in French — 5 phrases in 20 seconds
to say / tell · 5 phrases
A 20-second drill built from our Dire chart.
🎬 Watch: 5 phrases with « dire »
🎧 Narrated by a native French speaker · every line read aloud
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🎬 About this short
A 20-second drill on « dire » (to say / tell): five real phrases, a three-second pause to guess, then the meaning. It is built straight from our Dire conjugation chart, so once the clip clicks you can go deeper on the same page — every tense, audio for each form, and a practice quiz.
🔊 The five phrases
Je dis bonjour.I say hello.
Qu’est-ce que tu dis ?What are you saying?
Il a dit oui.He said yes.
Elle disait toujours ça.She always used to say that.
Il dit qu’il est malade.He says he’s ill.
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