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How to Say ‘Would you mind going that way?’ in French

Ça vous ennuierait d'y passer ?

sa voo ahn-nwee-REH d' ee pah-say

[sa voo ahn-nwee-REH d' ee pah-say]

🇫🇷 In France: Very polite, and it uses vous. Asking this way makes a driver much more willing to take the detour than a flat request would.

Phrase Breakdown

Ça vous ennuierait

sa voo ahn-nwee-REH

Would you mind

A polite way to ask a favor. Use the 'z' liaison: 'voo-zon-nwee-ray'.

Example

Ça vous ennuierait de fermer la fenêtre ?

Would you mind closing the window?

Words in this phrase

Ça

[sa]

It / that

A very common word in everyday spoken French, often used in expressions like Ça va.

Example

Dans Ça va ?, Ça veut dire it or that in a general sense.

In Ça va?, Ça means it or that in a general sense.

vous

[voo]

to you

Indirect object pronoun: the person receiving something.

Example

Je vous donne la monnaie.

I give you the change.

ennuierait

[ahn-nwee-REH]

would bother

Conditional of 'ennuyer'; used to politely ask if something would be a bother.

Example

Ça vous ennuierait d'attendre?

Would you mind waiting?

d'y passer ?

d' ee pah-say

going by there?

'Y' means 'there'. Say 'dee pa-say' with a rising tone.

Example

On peut y passer demain.

We can go by there tomorrow.

Words in this phrase

[d']

Indicating direction or relation.

Example

Je vous prie d'envoyer le document au plus vite.

I beg you to send the document as soon as possible.

[ee]

there

In or at that place.

Example

Y a-t-il une solution?

Is there a solution?

passer

[pah-say]

to stop by

Verb meaning 'to come by', 'to stop by', or 'to drop in'.

Example

Le plombier peut passer vers neuf heures.

The plumber can stop by around nine o'clock.

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