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How to Say ‘Do you have two minutes before the meeting?’ in French

Tu as deux minutes avant la réunion ?

tyoo ah d-uh mee-NEWT a-VAHN lah ray-oo-NYOHN

[tyoo ah d-uh mee-NEWT a-VAHN lah ray-oo-NYOHN]

💬 Usage Tip: Spoken questions often keep normal sentence order and just rise in tone at the end. Swap in Tu as cinq minutes ? "Have you got five minutes?" and it works the same way.

Phrase Breakdown

Tu as deux minutes

tyoo ah d-uh mee-NEWT

Do you have two minutes

Informal request for a short moment of someone's time.

Example

Tu as deux minutes pour moi ?

Do you have two minutes for me?

Words in this phrase

[tyoo]

you

An informal singular pronoun used to address one person.

Example

Tu travailles dans une start-up ou une grande entreprise ?

Do you work in a start-up or a large company?

[ah]

have

Form of 'avoir' used with 'tu'.

Example

Tu as un chien ?

Do you have a dog?

deux

[d-uh]

two

The number 2.

Example

Ils sont venus tous les deux.

They both came.

minutes

[mee-NEWT]

minutes

Plural of 'minute', units of time.

Example

Attendez cinq minutes.

Wait five minutes.

avant la réunion ?

a-VAHN lah ray-oo-NYOHN

before the meeting?

Time phrase at the end. Raise your voice for the question.

Example

Je mange avant la réunion.

I'm eating before the meeting.

Words in this phrase

avant

[a-VAHN]

before

Means earlier in time, previously.

Example

Avant, je tombais beaucoup.

Before, I fell a lot.

[lah]

the

A definite article preceding a noun.

Example

La porte est ouverte.

The door is open.

réunion

[ray-oo-NYOHN]

meeting

A gathering of people, often colleagues, to discuss things.

Example

La réunion commence à dix heures.

The meeting starts at ten.

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