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Se taire in French — 5 phrases in 20 seconds
to be quiet · 5 phrases
A 20-second drill built from our Se taire chart.
🎬 Watch: 5 phrases with the verb « se taire »
🎧 Narrated by a native French speaker · every line read aloud
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🎬 About this short
A 20-second drill on the verb « se taire » (to be quiet): five real phrases, three seconds to guess, then the meaning. Every phrase comes straight from our Se taire conjugation chart — open it for every tense, audio on each form, and a practice quiz.
🔊 The five phrases
Tais-toi, s’il te plaît !Be quiet, please!
Tout le monde s’est tu.Everyone fell silent.
Il vaut mieux se taire.It’s better to keep quiet.
Elle a préféré se taire.She preferred to stay silent.
Je me suis tu par prudence.I kept quiet out of caution.
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