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How to Say ‘I gave you the number.’ in French

Je vous ai donné le numéro.

zhuh voo ay duh-NAY luh new-may-ROH

[zhuh voo ay duh-NAY luh new-may-ROH]

💬 Usage Tip: Vous, meaning "to you", comes before the verb, not after it as in English. Compare Je vous ai dit "I told you".

Phrase Breakdown

Je vous ai donné

zhuh voo ay duh-NAY

I gave you

Link 'vous' and 'ai' with a z sound: 'zhuh voo-zay do-nay'.

Example

Je vous ai donné l'adresse.

I gave you the address.

Words in this phrase

[zhuh]

Pronoun used by the speaker to identify themselves.

Example

Je suis content.

I am happy.

vous

[voo]

to you

Indirect object pronoun: the person receiving something.

Example

Je vous donne la monnaie.

I give you the change.

[ay]

have

Form of 'avoir' used with past participles to make the past tense.

Example

J'ai beaucoup appris grâce à notre discussion.

I learned a lot thanks to our discussion.

donné

[duh-NAY]

given

Past participle of 'donner', to give.

Example

Il m'a donné son numéro.

He gave me his number.

le numéro.

luh new-may-ROH

the number.

Round your lips for the u: 'luh nu-may-ro'.

Example

Quel est le numéro ?

What is the number?

Words in this phrase

[luh]

the

Used as a function word to indicate a noun and to mark the noun as definite.

Example

Le chat noir.

The black cat.

numéro

[new-may-ROH]

number

Masculine noun; used for street numbers, phone numbers, etc.

Example

Donnez-moi votre numéro.

Give me your number.

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