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How to Say ‘And please eat light meals.’ in French

Et mangez léger, s'il vous plaît.

eh mahn-ZHAY lay-ZHAY s eel voo pleh

[eh mahn-ZHAY lay-ZHAY s eel voo pleh]

🇫🇷 In France: In this setting, s'il vous plaît softens a doctor's instruction into polite advice rather than a command.

Phrase Breakdown

Et mangez léger,

eh mahn-ZHAY lay-ZHAY

And eat light,

'Mangez' is the polite command form of 'manger' (to eat). 'Léger' (light) works like an adverb here. 'Et' sounds like 'ay' because its 't' is silent. 'Mangez' sounds like 'mahn-zhay', and 'léger' sounds like 'lay-zhay'.

Example

Le soir, mangez léger.

In the evening, eat light.

Words in this phrase

[eh]

and

Joins two thoughts or questions together.

Example

Et vous êtes venu aussi?

And did you come too?

mangez

[mahn-ZHAY]

eat

Polite or plural command form of 'manger', to eat.

Example

Mangez des légumes.

Eat vegetables.

léger

[lay-ZHAY]

light

Here used as an adverb: eat light, easily digested food.

Example

Ce soir, je mange léger.

Tonight I'm eating light.

s'il vous plaît.

s eel voo pleh

please.

This is the polite way to say 'please'. Say it smoothly as 'seel-voo-pleh', and keep the final 't' silent.

Example

Un café, s'il vous plaît.

A coffee, please.

Words in this phrase

[s]

Shortened form of 'si' before 'il', used in 's'il vous plaît'.

Example

Viens s'il fait beau.

Come if the weather is nice.

[eel]

it (impersonal)

Impersonal subject used with verbs like 'rester' meaning 'there is left'.

Example

Il reste du pain.

There is some bread left.

vous

[voo]

to you

Indirect object pronoun: the person receiving something.

Example

Je vous donne la monnaie.

I give you the change.

plaît

[pleh]

pleases / is liked

From the verb 'plaire'; it means something is pleasing or appealing.

Example

Ça me plaît quand l'équipe est ouverte.

I like it when the team is open.

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