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How to Say ‘We risk hearing the other customers’ in French

On risque d'entendre les autres clients

on REESK dee ahn-tahn-dr leh OH-truh klee-ahn

[on REESK dee ahn-tahn-dr leh OH-truh klee-ahn]

🇫🇷 In France: Staff use on to mean "you" or "people" in general when giving a polite warning. It sounds frank without pointing at the guest.

Phrase Breakdown

On risque d'entendre

on REESK dee ahn-tahn-dr

We might hear / we risk hearing

'Risquer de' + infinitive means 'to be likely to'. 'On' is a nasal sound. 'D'entendre' flows as one word: 'dan-tandr'.

Example

On risque d'entendre du bruit.

We might hear some noise.

Words in this phrase

On

[on]

We

Used by a speaker to refer to themself and one or more other people considered together.

Example

On y va maintenant.

We are going now.

risque

[REESK]

risk / might

From « risquer »; « risquer de » means to be likely to.

Example

Il risque de pleuvoir.

It might rain.

d'

[dee]

of

Used to indicate possession or connection.

Example

Le livre d'un ami.

The book of a friend.

entendre

[ahn-tahn-dr]

to hear

"Entendre" means to hear or to listen to, depending on context.

Example

À entendre les recruteurs, l'ambiance est excellente.

From hearing the recruiters, the atmosphere is excellent.

les autres clients

leh OH-truh klee-ahn

the other customers

Link the 's' of 'les' to 'autres' as a 'z' sound: 'lé-zotr'. The 't' in 'clients' is silent.

Example

Les autres clients attendent.

The other customers are waiting.

Words in this phrase

les

[leh]

the

Used before plural nouns to denote particularity.

Example

Les années passent vite.

The years pass quickly.

autres

[OH-truh]

other

Plural of 'autre', meaning different or additional.

Example

J'ai d'autres questions.

I have other questions.

clients

[klee-ahn]

clients / customers

People who buy services or products from a business.

Example

Avec les clients, elle garde toujours un ton professionnel.

With clients, she always keeps a professional tone.

Guides for French learners

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