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How to Say ‘Use arrows instead.’ in French

Mets plutôt des flèches.

meh ploo-toh day flesh

[meh ploo-toh day flesh]

💬 Usage Tip: Plutôt "instead, rather" goes right after the verb. It lets you suggest an alternative without saying no outright.

🇫🇷 In France: The mets form is the casual "you" used between colleagues on familiar terms. With a boss, people would say mettez.

Phrase Breakdown

Mets plutôt

meh ploo-toh

Put instead

An informal command from 'mettre'. 'Mets' sounds like 'may', and 'plutôt' means 'rather' or 'instead': 'plu-toh'.

Example

Mets plutôt du rouge.

Use red instead.

Words in this phrase

Mets

[meh]

put

Verb from 'mettre', meaning 'put'.

Example

Je le mets dans l'eau chaque matin ?

Do I put it in the water every morning?

plutôt

[ploo-toh]

rather

Used to soften or refine a preference, like saying rather or instead.

Example

Plutôt à l'ombre, s'il vous plaît.

Rather in the shade, please.

des flèches.

day flesh

arrows.

'Flèches' sounds like 'flesh', with a silent 'es'.

Example

Suis les flèches.

Follow the arrows.

Words in this phrase

des

[day]

some / plural indefinite article

Plural article used before nouns when speaking generally about unspecified people or things.

Example

Des profils polyvalents sont très recherchés aujourd'hui.

Versatile profiles are highly sought after today.

flèches

[flesh]

arrows

Plural of the feminine noun 'flèche', a pointing shape.

Example

Suivez les flèches.

Follow the arrows.

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