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lui a dit

told him/her

→ lui
phrase Very common #2,149
told him/her Lui can refer to a man or a woman; the context makes clear who is being spoken to.
FR: Mary lui a dit de ne pas perdre son temps.
EN: Mary told him not to waste his time.

Elle a fait ce qu'on lui a dit.

She did what she was told.

Marie lui a dit de ne pas lui faire perdre son temps.

Mary told him not to waste her time.

Le docteur lui a dit de diminuer la boisson.

The doctor told him to cut down on the drink.

Il lui a dit de faire ce qu'il veut.

He told him to do whatever he wants.

Qu'est-ce qu'il lui a dit ?

What did he say to her?

— Le Facteur (1994)

Mary lui a dit de ne pas perdre son temps.

Mary told him not to waste his time.

Qui lui a dit ?

Who told him?

Alors l'extraterrestre lui a dit d'aller les cueillir elle-même.

Then the alien told her to go pick them herself.

— Mysterious Object at Noon (2000)

Elle lui a dit son âge.

She told him her age.

T'inquiète, il lui a dit clairement.

Don't worry, he made it clear to him/her.

— Victoria (2015)

Ziri lui a dit.

Ziri told him.

Tom n'avait d'autre choix que de faire ce que le patron lui a dit de faire.

Tom had no choice but to do what the boss told him to do.

Qu'est-ce que tu lui a dit ?

What did you tell him?

Elle lui a dit de cesser.

She told him to stop.

Le père d'Alicia le lui a dit.

Alicia's father told her.

— Parle avec elle (2002)

Tom lui a dit.

Tom told him.

Elle lui a dit des choses terribles.

She said terrible things to him.

Elle l'a cru lorsqu'il lui a dit qu'il l'aimait.

She believed him when he told her he loved her.

Tom s'attendait à ce que Marie croie tout ce qu'il lui a dit.

Tom expected Marie to believe everything he had told her.

Qui le lui a dit ?

Who told him?

Sans le faire exprès, il lui a dit exactement ce qu'elle voulait savoir.

Without meaning to, he told her exactly what she wanted to know.

Hauser a appelé Dreyman et lui a dit.

Hauser called Dreyman and told him.

— La Vie des autres (2006)

Qui lui a dit ça ?

Who told him that?

Elle lui a dit une bonne fois pour toute qu'elle n'irait pas au cinéma avec lui.

She told him once and for all that she wasn’t going to the movies with him.

Le Maître le lui a dit.

The Master told him so.

— Épouses et Concubines (1991)

Tu sais ce qu’il lui a dit ?

Do you know what he told them?

— Un prophète (2009)

Tom espère que Mary sait qu'elle doit faire tout ce que John lui a dit.

Tom hopes that Mary knows she has to do everything John told her.

Strauss lui a dit que vous et Ruth Tolman aviez une liaison depuis des années.

Strauss told him that you and Ruth Tolman had been having an affair for years.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

C'est ce qu'on lui a dit.

That's what he was told.

Un type s’est mis à protester, et le Lecteur lui a dit de la fermer.

A guy started protesting, and the Reader told him to shut up.

Et les choses se passent comme le roi le lui a dit.

And things are happening just as the king told him.

— Le Patient anglais (1996)

On lui a dit de m'accompagner.

He/She was told to accompany me.

Personne ne lui a dit.

No one told him.

— Projet Dernière Chance (2026)

Son docteur lui a dit de ne pas boire d'alcool.

Her doctor told her not to drink alcohol.