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How to Say ‘From the second floor’ in French

Du deuxième étage

dyoo duh-ZYEM ay-TAHZH

[dyoo duh-ZYEM ay-TAHZH]

💬 Usage Tip: Du is de + le fused into one word, and you never say de le. The same thing happens in du premier étage "from the first floor".

Phrase Breakdown

Du

[dyoo]

of the

Contraction of de and le, used before masculine singular nouns.

Example

Du pain est sur la table.

Some bread is on the table.

deuxième

[duh-ZYEM]

second

Ordinal number meaning number two in a sequence.

Example

C'est la deuxième maison.

It's the second house.

étage

[ay-TAHZH]

floor

A masculine noun for a level or storey of a building.

Example

Mon appartement est au troisième étage.

My apartment is on the third floor.

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