How to Say ‘Stop here, please’ in French
Arrêtez-vous ici, s'il vous plaît
ah-reh-tay voo ee-see seel eel voo pleh
[ah-reh-tay voo ee-see seel eel voo pleh]
🇫🇷 In France: This is useful in a taxi or sometimes on a bus, but on many French buses you usually press the stop button rather than saying it aloud. With a taxi driver, adding [s'il vous plaît] keeps it polite and normal.
Phrase Breakdown
Arrêtez
[ah-reh-tay]
stop
Imperative form used to tell a driver to stop.
Arrêtez-vous ici, s'il vous plaît, devant la boulangerie.
Stop here, please, in front of the bakery.
-vous
[voo]
yourself
Reflexive pronoun used with the imperative form here.
Arrêtez-vous ici, s'il vous plaît, c'est parfait.
Stop here, please, that's perfect.
ici
[ee-see]
here
Used to indicate this place.
Arrêtez-vous ici, s'il vous plaît, juste à droite.
Stop here, please, just on the right.
s'
[seel]
if
Part of the fixed polite expression s'il vous plaît.
Arrêtez-vous ici, s'il vous plaît, merci.
Stop here, please, thank you.
il
[eel]
he / it
In this phrase, part of the fixed expression meaning please.
Arrêtez-vous ici, s'il vous plaît, devant l'hôtel.
Stop here, please, in front of the hotel.
vous
[voo]
you
Formal or plural you, used politely.
Arrêtez-vous ici, s'il vous plaît, monsieur.
Stop here, please, sir.
plaît
[pleh]
pleases
Part of the polite fixed phrase s'il vous plaît.
Arrêtez-vous ici, s'il vous plaît, devant la gare.
Stop here, please, in front of the station.
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