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How to Say ‘I am one meter seventy tall.’ in French

Je mesure un mètre soixante-dix.

zhuh muh-ZUER uhn MEH-truh swah-sont-dees

[zhuh muh-ZUER uhn MEH-truh swah-sont-dees]

Phrase Breakdown

Je mesure

zhuh muh-ZUER

I measure / I am (tall)

French uses 'mesurer' to give height. The 'u' is a tight 'ü' sound with rounded lips.

Example

Je mesure deux mètres.

I am two meters tall.

Words in this phrase

[zhuh]

Pronoun used by the speaker to identify themselves.

Example

Je suis content.

I am happy.

mesure

[muh-ZUER]

measure (I)

Je form of mesurer; used to state your height.

Example

Je mesure un mètre quatre-vingts.

I am one metre eighty tall.

un mètre soixante-dix.

uhn MEH-truh swah-sont-dees

one meter seventy

Heights are given as meters plus centimeters, without saying 'centimètres'.

Example

Elle fait un mètre soixante.

She is one meter sixty.

Words in this phrase

[uhn]

a / one

Masculine singular indefinite article; also means one.

Example

Un rendez-vous à 16h30, c'est possible.

An appointment at 4:30 p.m. is possible.

mètre

[MEH-truh]

metre

Unit of length; heights are said as metres plus centimetres.

Example

Il mesure un mètre soixante.

He is one metre sixty tall.

soixante-dix

[swah-sont-dees]

Seventy

The number equivalent to sixty plus ten.

Example

Il pèse soixante-dix kilos.

He weighs seventy kilograms.

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