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How to Say ‘Would three days be possible?’ in French

Trois jours, ce serait possible ?

trwah zhoor suh suh-REH poh-SEE-bluh

[trwah zhoor suh suh-REH poh-SEE-bluh]

🇫🇷 In France: Floating a number as a soft question is the normal way to push back in a French negotiation. It keeps things cordial while still making your request clear.

Phrase Breakdown

Trois jours,

trwah zhoor

Three days,

This names the topic first. 'Trois' sounds like 'trwah', and 'jours' has a soft 'zh' sound, like the 's' in 'measure'. Pause briefly at the comma.

Example

Trois jours, c'est suffisant.

Three days is enough.

Words in this phrase

Trois

[trwah]

three

The number three, often used in time expressions.

Example

Trois ans dans la même entreprise m'ont beaucoup appris.

Three years in the same company taught me a lot.

jours

[zhoor]

days

Plural of 'jour', day.

Example

Je reste deux jours.

I'm staying two days.

ce serait possible ?

suh suh-REH poh-SEE-bluh

would that be possible?

This is the polite conditional question. Link it smoothly: 'suh-sreh-po-SEEBL', with your voice rising at the end.

Example

Partir plus tôt, ce serait possible ?

Would leaving earlier be possible?

Words in this phrase

[suh]

that

Masculine demonstrative determiner; combined with -là after the noun, it points to a specific moment away from now, meaning 'that'.

Example

Ce jour-là, le restaurant était complet.

That day, the restaurant was fully booked.

serait

[suh-REH]

would be

Conditional of 'être', used to ask or say things politely.

Example

Ce serait parfait.

That would be perfect.

possible

[poh-SEE-bluh]

possible

Adjective meaning something can be done.

Example

Ce n'est pas possible aujourd'hui.

It's not possible today.

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