Basic measurements: Describing your body measurements to the nurse
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Key Phrases
Vous mesurez combien ?
How tall are you?
Montez sur la balance, s'il vous plaît.
Please step on the scale.
Le médecin arrive dans cinq minutes.
The doctor will be here in five minutes.
Skills You'll Learn
Giving your height and weight
Donner sa taille et son poids
Understanding and following simple medical instructions
Comprendre et suivre des instructions médicales simples
Using polite expressions at the doctor's office
Utiliser les formules de politesse chez le médecin
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you're at a doctor's office in France. A nurse wants to check your height and weight before you see the doctor.
Bonjour monsieur. Asseyez-vous, s'il vous plaît.
Hello, sir. Please have a seat.
Bonjour madame. Merci.
Hello, ma'am. Thank you.
Vous mesurez combien ?
How tall are you?
Je mesure un mètre quatre-vingts.
I'm one meter eighty.
Et vous pesez combien ?
And how much do you weigh?
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
S'il vous plaît
seel eel voo pleh
Please
Asseyez-vous, s'il vous plaît.
ah-seh-yay voo seel eel voo pleh
Please have a seat.
Vous mesurez combien ?
voo meh-zew-RAY kohm-byen
How tall are you?
💬 French asks height with the verb mesurer "to measure", literally "You measure how much?". Swap the verb for weight: Vous pesez combien ?.
See breakdown →Un mètre
uhn MEH-truh
A meter
Un mètre quatre-vingts
uhn MEH-truh ka-truh-van
One meter eighty
💬 Quatre-vingts is literally "four twenties". It loses its final s when another number follows, as in quatre-vingt-deux "eighty-two".
See breakdown →Je mesure un mètre quatre-vingts.
zhuh meh-ZEWR uhn MEH-truh ka-truh-van
I'm one meter eighty.
🇫🇷 In France, height is always given in meters and centimeters. Saying feet and inches will just get a blank look, so it's worth knowing your height in meters before the appointment.
See breakdown →Et vous pesez combien ?
eh voo puh-ZAY kohm-byen
And how much do you weigh?
Soixante-quinze kilos
swah-sahnt-KANZ kee-LOH
Seventy-five kilos
💬 Seventy is said as "sixty-ten", so seventy-five becomes "sixty-fifteen". The x in soixante sounds like an s (swa-sahnt).
See breakdown →Je crois
zhuh krwah
I think
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