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How to Say ‘We'll send you a text message.’ in French

On vous enverra un SMS.

ohn voo ahn-veh-RAH uhn es-em-ES

[ohn voo ahn-veh-RAH uhn es-em-ES]

💬 Usage Tip: On here means "we" or "they", the office in general, a very common everyday stand-in. Enverra is the future form of envoyer "to send".

Phrase Breakdown

On vous enverra

ohn voo ahn-veh-RAH

We will send you

'On' is the informal 'we'. 'Enverra' is the future of 'envoyer' (to send). Link 'vous' and 'enverra' with a z-sound: 'vou-zan-vé-ra'.

Example

On vous enverra la facture.

We will send you the invoice.

Words in this phrase

[ohn]

someone / they

Impersonal subject pronoun meaning 'someone' or 'people' in general.

Example

On frappe à la porte.

Someone is knocking at the door.

vous

[voo]

to you

Indirect object pronoun: the person receiving something.

Example

Je vous donne la monnaie.

I give you the change.

enverra

[ahn-veh-RAH]

will send

Future form of 'envoyer' (to send).

Example

Il enverra la lettre demain.

He will send the letter tomorrow.

un SMS.

uhn es-em-ES

a text message.

SMS is spelled out letter by letter in French: 'èss-èm-èss'. 'Un' is a nasal sound.

Example

J'ai reçu un SMS.

I received a text message.

Words in this phrase

[uhn]

Indefinite article used before a singular noun.

Example

Un petit garçon joue.

A little boy is playing.

SMS

[es-em-ES]

text message

Common French word for a phone text message.

Example

Envoie-moi un SMS.

Send me a text.

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