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How to Say ‘Explain your approach to us’ in French

Expliquez-nous votre démarche

eks-plee-KAY noo vot-ruh day-MARSH

[eks-plee-KAY noo vot-ruh day-MARSH]

💬 Usage Tip: Démarche literally means a walk or a way of walking. Here it means your creative process: how and why you work the way you do.

Phrase Breakdown

Expliquez-nous

eks-plee-KAY noo

Explain to us

This is the imperative of 'expliquer' with 'nous' attached by a hyphen. The ending '-quez' sounds like [ke].

Example

Expliquez-nous le problème.

Explain the problem to us.

Words in this phrase

Expliquez

[eks-plee-KAY]

explain

Polite/plural imperative of 'expliquer' (to explain).

Example

Expliquez votre choix.

Explain your choice.

-nous

[noo]

Referring to the person speaking and one or more others.

Example

Cet email est pour nous.

This email is for us.

votre démarche

vot-ruh day-MARSH

your approach

'Démarche' here means an artistic approach or process. 'Ch' sounds like 'sh'.

Example

Votre démarche est originale.

Your approach is original.

Words in this phrase

votre

[vot-ruh]

your

Belonging to you.

Example

Votre voiture est là.

Your car is there.

démarche

[day-MARSH]

approach / process

The artistic method or reasoning behind a work; how and why you create.

Example

Sa démarche artistique est originale.

Her artistic approach is original.

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