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le lui dire

to tell it to him/her

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phrase Common #8,863
to tell it to him/her “Le” refers to something already mentioned or understood; “lui” can mean “to him” or “to her.”
FR: Je vais le lui dire ce soir.
EN: I’ll tell it to him tonight.

Vous allez le lui dire ?

Are you going to tell him?

— Wake Up Dead Man : Une histoire à couteaux tirés (2025)

Parce que tu vas aller le lui dire tout de suite.

Because you’re going to go tell him/her right away.

— La Main de Dieu (2021)

Va le lui dire.

Go tell them.

— New York Masala (2003)

J'ai oublié de le lui dire.

I forgot to tell him/her.

Mais évitons de le lui dire.

But let's avoid telling him.

— Il était Temps (2013)

Hsin, va le lui dire.

Hsin, go tell him about it.

— Our Times (2015)

Ouais Naina, va le lui dire.

Yeah, Naina, go tell him.

— New York Masala (2003)

Je l'aime, mais je ne sais pas comment le lui dire.

I love him, but I don’t know how to tell him.

Je dois aller le lui dire.

I have to go tell him.

— Nang Nak (1999)

Je lui ai promis de ne pas le lui dire.

I promised him I wouldn't tell him.

Tu vas le lui dire ?

Are you going to tell him?

"Je n'ai pas voulu le lui dire mais c'est la moitié qui manque à ma vie."

I didn't want to tell him, but he's my other half.

— Tout sur ma mère (1999)

Tu devrais le lui dire.

You should tell him.

— Sans un bruit (2018)

Si vous mourez tous, il n'y aura plus personne pour le lui dire, n'est-ce pas ?

If you all die, there’ll be no one left to tell him, will there?

— Ne Zha (2019)

Tu n'aurais pas dû le lui dire.

You shouldn't have told him/her.

Tu peux le lui dire.

You can tell him.

Je vais le lui dire !

I'm going to tell him!

— Divorce à l'italienne (1961)

Je n'ai pas voulu le lui dire, mais c'est la moitié qui manque à ma vie.

I didn’t want to tell him, but he’s the missing half of my life.

— Tout sur ma mère (1999)

Il n'est pas encore trop tard pour le lui dire.

It's not too late to tell him/her yet.

Je ne veux pas le lui dire.

I don't want to tell them.

Je dois le lui dire.

I have to tell him.

Je n'ai pas osé le lui dire.

I didn't dare tell him.

— The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

J'ai essayé de le lui dire.

I tried to tell him.

Mais devons-nous le lui dire ?

But should we tell him?

— Aucun autre choix (2025)

Je n'ai pas encore réuni le courage de le lui dire.

I haven't yet worked up the courage to tell him/her.

Qu'attends-tu pour le lui dire ?

What are you waiting for to tell him/her?

— Moscou ne croit pas aux larmes (1980)

Vous devez le lui dire.

You have to tell him.

Je vais le lui dire.

I'll tell him.

— Wake Up Dead Man : Une histoire à couteaux tirés (2025)

J'ignore si je devrais le lui dire.

I don't know if I should tell him/her.

Tu n'as qu'à le lui dire.

You just have to tell him.

— Un Soleil (2019)

Quand faut-il le lui dire ?

When should we tell him?

Tu aurais dû le lui dire.

You should have told him.

Tu dois le lui dire.

You have to tell him.

Je n'ose pas le lui dire.

I don't dare tell him/her.

— Our Times (2015)

Je viens de le lui dire.

I just told him.

Je n'ai aucune intention de le lui dire.

I have no intention of telling him/her.

Dis-le-moi au moins, Em, si tu ne veux pas le lui dire.

At least tell me, Em, if you don't want to tell him.

— L'Histoire personnelle de David Copperfield (2019)

M. Chow, allez le lui dire vous-même.

Mr. Chow, go tell him yourself.

— 2046 (2004)

Laisse-moi le lui dire.

Let me tell him/her.

— New York Masala (2003)

Promets-moi de ne pas le lui dire !

Promise me you won't tell him/her!

Je n'ai pas le courage de le lui dire.

I don't have the courage to tell him/her.

Tu ferais mieux de le lui dire rapidement.

You’d better tell him/her quickly.