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How to Say ‘I weigh sixty kilos.’ in French

Je pèse soixante kilos.

zhuh PEHZ swah-sont kee-LOH

[zhuh PEHZ swah-sont kee-LOH]

💬 Usage Tip: The x in soixante sounds like an s: (swah-sahnt).

Phrase Breakdown

Je pèse

zhuh PEHZ

I weigh

Here 'pèse' has an open 'eh' sound, unlike the 'uh' in 'pesez'. Say 'zhuh pez'.

Example

Je pèse la farine.

I'm weighing the flour.

Words in this phrase

[zhuh]

Pronoun used by the speaker to identify themselves.

Example

Je suis content.

I am happy.

pèse

[PEHZ]

weigh (I)

Je form of peser, to weigh.

Example

Je pèse le paquet.

I weigh the parcel.

soixante kilos.

swah-sont kee-LOH

sixty kilos

The 'x' in 'soixante' sounds like 's': 'swah-sahnt'. The 's' in 'kilos' is silent.

Example

Ce sac fait dix kilos.

This bag is ten kilos.

Words in this phrase

soixante

[swah-sont]

Sixty

The number equivalent to six tens.

Example

Ils ont soixante minutes.

They have sixty minutes.

kilos

[kee-LOH]

kilos

Plural of kilo, short for kilogramme.

Example

Cette valise fait vingt kilos.

This suitcase is twenty kilos.

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