How do you say "Have you already tried anything?" in French?

"Have you already tried anything?" in French is "Vous avez déjà essayé quelque chose ?". This phrase is commonly used in France.

What does "Vous avez déjà essayé quelque chose ?" mean in English?

"Vous avez déjà essayé quelque chose ?" means "Have you already tried anything?" in English.

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How to Say ‘Have you already tried anything?’ in French

Vous avez déjà essayé quelque chose ?

voo ah-vay day-zhah ess-ay-yay kel-kuh shohz

[voo ah-vay day-zhah ess-ay-yay kel-kuh shohz]

Phrase Breakdown

Vous avez

voo ah-vay

you have

Polite or plural form of avoir in the present tense.

Example

Vous avez un moment ?

Do you have a moment?

Words in this phrase

Vous

[voo]

you

Formal or plural subject pronoun meaning “you.”

Example

Vous avez appelé le plombier ?

Have you called the plumber?

avez

[ah-vay]

have

Form of avoir used with vous; here it helps form the past tense.

Example

Vous avez déjà essayé quelque chose ?

Have you already tried something?

Déjà essayé

day-zhah ess-ay-yay

already tried

The past participle after avoir; déjà means already.

Example

J'ai déjà essayé.

I have already tried.

Words in this phrase

déjà

[day-zhah]

already

Shows that something happened before now.

Example

Vous avez déjà vérifié le ballon d’eau chaude ?

Have you already checked the hot-water tank?

essayé

[ess-ay-yay]

tried

Past participle of essayer, used to say someone attempted something.

Example

J’ai essayé de redémarrer l’appareil.

I tried restarting the appliance.

Quelque chose

kel-kuh shohz

something

An indefinite expression meaning some thing or anything specific not named.

Example

Vous avez essayé quelque chose ?

Have you tried something?

Words in this phrase

quelque

[kel-kuh]

some

Used in quelque chose to mean “something.”

Example

Vous avez déjà essayé quelque chose ?

Have you already tried something?

chose

[shohz]

thing

In quelque chose, it helps form the expression “something.”

Example

Je peux essayer autre chose.

I can try something else.

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