How to Say ‘We always call her.’ in French
On lui téléphone toujours.
ohn lwee tay-lay-fohn too-zhoor
[ohn lwee tay-lay-fohn too-zhoor]
💬 Usage Tip: With [téléphoner], French uses [lui] or [leur] before the verb: [On lui téléphone], [Je leur téléphone]. English says "call her/them," but French builds it more like "telephone to her/them."
Phrase Breakdown
On lui téléphone
ohn lwee tay-lay-fohn
We call him/her
'Téléphoner à' uses the indirect object pronoun 'lui' for 'to him/her'.
On lui téléphone le dimanche.
We call him/her on Sundays.
Words in this phrase
On
[ohn]
we / people / one
Used here as 'we' in everyday spoken French.
On lui téléphone toujours. C’est notre habitude familiale.
We always call him/her. It’s our family habit.
lui
[lwee]
to him / to her
Shows the person receiving the phone call.
Pour son anniversaire, on lui téléphone toujours avant le dîner.
For his/her birthday, we always call him/her before dinner.
téléphone
[tay-lay-fohn]
call / telephone
Means to phone someone.
Même si on est loin, on lui téléphone toujours.
Even if we are far away, we always call him/her.
toujours
[too-zhoor]
always
Shows that the action happens every time.
On lui téléphone toujours le jour exact de son anniversaire.
We always call him/her on the exact day of his/her birthday.
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