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How to Say ‘I'd like to show you’ in French

Je voudrais vous montrer

zhuh voo-DREH voo mohn-TRAY

[zhuh voo-DREH voo mohn-TRAY]

💬 Usage Tip: Je voudrais plus any action word is a softer "I'd like to" that works everywhere. Try Je voudrais vous expliquer "I'd like to explain to you". The vous sits before the action word, not after it.

Phrase Breakdown

Je voudrais

zhuh voo-DREH

I would like

The polite conditional of 'vouloir'. The ending '-ais' sounds like 'eh', and the 's' is silent.

Example

Je voudrais un café.

I would like a coffee.

Words in this phrase

[zhuh]

Pronoun used by the speaker to identify themselves.

Example

Je suis content.

I am happy.

voudrais

[voo-DREH]

would like

Conditional of 'vouloir', a polite way to ask for something.

Example

Je voudrais un café.

I would like a coffee.

vous montrer

voo mohn-TRAY

to show you

'Vous' comes before the infinitive. 'Mon' is nasal, and '-er' sounds like 'ay'.

Example

Je peux vous montrer le chemin.

I can show you the way.

Words in this phrase

vous

[voo]

to you

Indirect object pronoun: the person receiving something.

Example

Je vous donne la monnaie.

I give you the change.

montrer

[mohn-TRAY]

to show

Verb meaning to let someone see something.

Example

Je vais te montrer la maison.

I'll show you the house.

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