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How to Say ‘Have you checked the circuit breaker?’ in French

Vous avez vérifié le disjoncteur ?

voo ah-VAY vay-ree-FYAY luh dees-zhohnk-TUR

[voo ah-VAY vay-ree-FYAY luh dees-zhohnk-TUR]

Phrase Breakdown

Vous avez vérifié

voo ah-VAY vay-ree-FYAY

Have you checked

Use the liaison 'voo-za-vay', then 'vay-ree-fyay'.

Example

Vous avez vérifié la porte ?

Did you check the door?

Words in this phrase

Vous

[voo]

you

Used to refer to the person or people being addressed.

Example

Vous aimez le film?

Do you like the movie?

avez

[ah-VAY]

have

Auxiliary 'avoir' (vous form) used to build the past tense.

Example

Vous avez mangé ?

Have you eaten?

vérifié

[vay-ree-FYAY]

checked

Past participle of 'vérifier', to check.

Example

J'ai vérifié la porte.

I checked the door.

le disjoncteur ?

luh dees-zhohnk-TUR

the circuit breaker?

'Disjoncteur' sounds like 'deez-zhonk-tuhr'. Raise your voice at the end for the question.

Example

Le disjoncteur a sauté.

The circuit breaker tripped.

Words in this phrase

le

[luh]

the

Used as a function word to indicate a noun and to mark the noun as definite.

Example

Le chat noir.

The black cat.

disjoncteur

[dees-zhohnk-TUR]

circuit breaker

Electrical safety switch that cuts power.

Example

Où est le disjoncteur ?

Where is the circuit breaker?

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