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How to Say ‘Have you checked’ in French

Vous avez vérifié

voo ah-vay vay-ree-fee-ay

[voo ah-vay vay-ree-fee-ay]

💬 Usage Tip: In questions like [Vous avez vérifié ?], French often keeps the normal word order and just lets your voice do the questioning. You can reuse this with many verbs: [Vous avez appelé ?] = "Did you call?".

Phrase Breakdown

Vous

[voo]

you

Formal or plural subject pronoun meaning 'you'.

Example

Vous avez vérifié plusieurs choses avant de signaler la panne.

You checked several things before reporting the breakdown.

Avez vérifié

ah-vay vay-ree-fee-ay

have checked / verified

Present tense of avoir plus the past participle vérifié.

Example

Vous avez vérifié le problème ?

Have you checked the problem?

Words in this phrase

avez

[ah-vay]

have

Form of 'avoir' used with 'vous' in the present perfect.

Example

Vous avez vérifié le compteur, n'est-ce pas ?

You checked the meter, right?

vérifié

[vay-ree-fee-ay]

checked / verified

Past participle showing that the checking was already done.

Example

Vous avez vérifié le disjoncteur ce matin.

You checked the circuit breaker this morning.

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