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How to Say ‘It would be better for her to avoid them’ in French

Il vaudrait mieux qu'elle les évite

eel voh-DRAY myuh kee el lay ay-VEET

[eel voh-DRAY myuh kee el lay ay-VEET]

Phrase Breakdown

Il vaudrait mieux

eel voh-DRAY myuh

It would be better

This polite way of giving advice is followed by 'que' and the subjunctive.

Example

Il vaudrait mieux partir tôt.

It would be better to leave early.

Words in this phrase

[eel]

Impersonal subject.

Example

Il faut partir.

It's necessary to leave.

vaudrait

[voh-DRAY]

would be worth

Conditional of 'valoir'; with 'mieux': it would be better.

Example

Il vaudrait mieux réserver.

It would be better to book.

mieux

[myuh]

better

Comparative of 'bien'.

Example

Je me sens mieux.

I feel better.

qu'elle les évite

kee el lay ay-VEET

that she avoid them

'Évite' is in the subjunctive here, but it sounds the same as the indicative. Link 'les' and 'évite'.

Example

Je préfère qu'elle les évite.

I'd rather she avoid them.

Words in this phrase

qu'

[kee]

that

Conjunction introducing subordinate clauses.

Example

Je pense qu'il est tard.

I think that it's late.

elle

[el]

She

Subject pronoun for feminine singular.

Example

Elle habite à Paris.

She lives in Paris.

les

[lay]

them

Object pronoun for plural things, before the verb.

Example

Je les vois.

I see them.

évite

[ay-VEET]

avoids

From 'éviter', to stay away from.

Example

Il évite le sucre.

He avoids sugar.

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