tell him
I wouldn’t have to tell him/her.
— La Vie d'Adèle - Chapitres 1 et 2 (2013)
Je n'avais pas le cœur de lui dire la vérité.
I couldn't bring myself to tell him the truth.
Donc vous devrez probablement lui dire qui vous êtes.
So you will probably have to tell him who you are.
— Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)
Au cas où il vienne, que devrais-je lui dire ?
If he comes, what should I tell him?
Oui c'est ça, tu peux tout lui dire.
Yes, that's right, you can tell him/her everything.
— PIKU (2015)
You really have to tell him/her.
— Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une copine (1981)
I can't tell him that.
I had nothing to say to him.
I just told him.
Son père m'a dit de pas lui dire.
Her father told me not to tell her.
— Sympathy for Mister Vengeance (2002)
Tu n'aurais pas dû lui dire une telle chose.
You shouldn't have said such a thing to him.
Promets-moi de ne pas lui dire !
Promise me you won't tell them!
You should have told him.
You should tell him.
Je voulais aider Tom à comprendre ce que Marie essayait de lui dire.
I wanted to help Tom understand what Mary was trying to tell him.
Je dois lui dire quelque chose.
I have to tell him something.
J'ai envie de lui dire quelque chose, mais quand elle arrive, je sèche.
I want to say something to her, but when she arrives, my mind goes blank.
— Dans ses yeux (2009)
Malheureusement, je ne peux pas lui dire.
Unfortunately, I can't tell him/her.
When are you going to tell him?
Qu'est-ce que je devrais lui dire ?
What should I tell him?
Je suis allé lui dire bonjour dans sa loge.
I went to say hello to him in his dressing room.
— La Nuit américaine (1973)
Should I tell him?
En y repensant, j'ai pensé que c'était à vous de lui dire.
Thinking it over, I thought it was up to you to tell him.
— Adieu ma concubine (1993)
Il m'a fait jurer de ne pas lui dire.
He made me swear not to tell him.
Are you going to tell him?
Il voulait trouver une façon créative de lui dire qu'il l'aimait.
He wanted to find a creative way to tell her he loved her.
Il y a tant de choses que je voulais lui dire.
There are so many things I wanted to tell him.
— Picnic (1955)
Je veux lui dire, que je suis désolé.
I want to tell him/her that I’m sorry.
— Sacrifices of War (2011)
Va lui dire qu'il faut qu'il remette le couvert chaque jour.
Go tell him he needs to do it again every day.
— Une grande fille (2019)
Il ne faut plus jamais lui dire des choses aussi méchantes !
You must never say such mean things to him again!
— The Host (2006)
It's up to me to tell him.
But you have to tell him first.
Je ne manquerai pas de lui dire.
I will be sure to tell him.
Il faut lui dire ce qu'on sait !
We have to tell him what we know!
— Harry Potter et la Chambre des secrets (2002)
Je ne pouvais pas arriver à lui dire quelque chose.
I couldn't bring myself to say anything to him.
— Le Facteur (1994)
J'aimerais lui dire qu'on ne résout rien au téléphone.
I'd like to tell him/her that we don't resolve anything over the phone.
— Les Anges déchus (1995)
Je ne sais toujours pas quoi en penser ou ce que je peux lui dire.
I still don't know what to think about it or what I can say to him.
— Les Enfants du temps (2019)
J'ai pas eu le courage de lui dire la vérité.
I didn't have the courage to tell him the truth.
— Une bataille après l'autre (2025)
S'il venait, que devrais-je lui dire ?
If he came, what should I say to him?
Va lui dire bonsoir, et je te retrouve où ?
Go say good evening to him, and where should I meet you?
Elle a pu lui dire et me le cacher pour le maintenir à l'écart.
She could have told him and hidden it from me to keep him away.
— L'Accusé (2017)
What are we going to tell him?
I tried to tell him.
Tu ne peux pas lui dire ça directement.
You can't tell him that directly.
C'est cruel de sa part que de lui dire de telles choses.
It’s cruel of him to say such things to her.
Pourrais-tu lui dire quelque chose de favorable à mon sujet ?
Could you tell him something positive about me?
We should tell him.
I have something to tell him.
But what am I going to tell him?
I should have told him.
Est-ce que vous allez lui dire ?
Are you going to tell him?
I'll tell him everything.
Nous avons convenu de lui dire quand il sera assez grand pour se raser.
We agreed to tell him when he's old enough to shave.
— Aucun autre choix (2025)
Voulez-vous lui dire que j'aimerais lui parler ?
Do you want to tell him that I would like to speak to him?
Je n'ose pas lui dire une telle chose.
I don't dare tell him/her such a thing.
What are you going to tell him?
Si John téléphone, veuillez lui dire que je serai de retour à sept heures.
If John calls, please tell him that I’ll be back at seven o’clock.
Père, peux-tu lui dire d'arrêter ?
Dad, can you tell him to stop?
— La Légende de Baahubali : 1ère Partie (2015)
Tu ne devrais pas lui dire de telles choses.
You shouldn't say such things to him.
— Princesse Mononoké (1997)
J'ai oublié de lui dire quelque chose.
I forgot to tell him/her something.
Il y a quelque chose d'important qu'il me faut lui dire.
There’s something important I need to tell him/her.
Can I tell him?
Don’t forget to tell him/her.
Qu'est-ce que je peux bien lui dire ?
What can I possibly say to him?
Je vais être honnête et tout lui dire.
I'm going to be honest and tell him everything.
Elle lui a écrit pour lui dire à quel point il était formidable.
She wrote to him to tell him how great he was.
C'est exactement ce que j'allais lui dire.
That's exactly what I was going to say to him.
— De tout cœur (1998)
Elle lui écrivit pour lui dire combien il était merveilleux.
She wrote to him to tell him how wonderful he was.
Je n'ai pas eu le cœur de lui dire la vérité.
I couldn't bring myself to tell him the truth.
Va lui dire qu'il ne peut pas le virer comme ça.
Go tell him he can't fire him like that.
— Toni Erdmann (2016)
Ce que vous avez à lui dire, dites-le-moi.
Tell me what you have to say to him.
— Séquences et conséquences (2000)
Tu peux lui dire, ça m'est égal.
You can tell him/her, I don't care.
C'est ce que je viens de lui dire.
That's what I just told him.
Quelqu'un devrait lui parler et lui dire ce qu'il en est.
Someone should talk to him and tell him what’s going on.
Il est peut-être temps de lui dire.
Maybe it's time to tell him.
J'ai décidé de lui dire que je l'aimais.
I decided to tell him that I loved him.
Qu'est-ce que tu vas lui dire ?
What are you going to tell him?
Que vais-je bien pouvoir lui dire ?
What on earth am I going to say to him?
Je n'ai pas su lui dire combien je l'aimais.
I wasn't able to tell him how much I loved him.
J'aimerais lui montrer d'abord et lui dire moi-même la vérité.
I’d like to show him/her first and tell him/her the truth myself.
— Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (2019)
Lui avez-vous appelé pour lui dire quand le livreur arriverait ?
Did you call him to tell him when the delivery man would arrive?
— Crime 101 (2026)
I keep telling him.
Je pouvais pas lui dire où j'allais !
I couldn't tell him where I was going!
— Les Diaboliques (1955)
Qu'est-ce que tu voulais lui dire ?
What did you want to tell him?
— Femmes au bord de la crise de nerfs (1988)
Va lui dire ce que tu ressens.
Go tell him how you feel.
Qu'est-ce que je dois lui dire ?
What should I tell him?
Mais il ignorait comment l'aborder, que pouvait-il lui dire ?
But he didn’t know how to approach her—what could he say to her?
— Mirage (2018)
We must tell him.
Tu peux lui dire ce que tu veux.
You can tell him whatever you want.
Je vais voir Julie et je sais pas quoi lui dire.
I'm going to see Julie and I don't know what to say to her.
— La Nuit américaine (1973)
You have nothing to say to him?
Vous pouvez lui dire que vous avez trouvé cette entreprise tout seul.
You can tell him that you found this company all by yourself.
— Parasite (2019)
Je n'ai pas dit à Tom tout ce que Mary m'a demandé de lui dire.
I didn't tell Tom everything Mary asked me to tell him.
What should I tell him?
J'avais tant de choses à lui dire.
I had so much to tell him.
Ton père arrive demain, que vais-je lui dire ?
Your father is arriving tomorrow, what am I going to tell him?
— Guerre et Paix (1968)
Tu dois lui dire ce que tu ressens.
You have to tell him how you feel.
Je n'ai pas encore trouvé le courage de lui dire.
I still haven't found the courage to tell him/her.
Pouvez-vous lui dire que j'ai appelé ?
Can you tell him that I called?
Qu'est-ce que je peux lui dire ?
What can I tell him?
What am I going to tell him?
I can't tell him that.
Tu devrais lui parler et lui dire ce que tu ressens.
You should talk to him and tell him how you feel.
Si ça te va, je préfère ne rien lui dire.
If that's okay with you, I'd rather not say anything to him.
— Tout sur ma mère (1999)
Elle n'a pas eu le courage de lui dire la vérité.
She didn't have the courage to tell him the truth.
Qu'est-ce que je pouvais lui dire ?
What could I say to him?
Veuillez lui dire que c'est urgent.
Please tell them that it's urgent.
Lui dire ?
Tell him?
You just have to tell him.
You should really tell him.
Qu'est-ce que je suis censé lui dire ?
What am I supposed to tell him?
It's up to you to tell him.
Je n'avais pas besoin de lui dire.
I didn't need to tell him.
Let me tell him!
You have to tell him.
Je dois lui dire que je veux arrêter.
I need to tell him that I want to stop.
— Les Anges déchus (1995)
J'ai envie de lui dire ce que je pense de lui.
I feel like telling him what I think of him.
Va lui dire que sa copine est nulle.
Go tell him that his girlfriend sucks.
— Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
What are you going to tell him?
Quelqu'un devrait lui parler et lui dire de quoi il retourne.
Someone should talk to him and tell him what’s going on.
Qu'est-ce que tu veux lui dire ?
What do you want to tell him?
Qu'est-ce que tu viens de lui dire ?
What did you just say to him/her?
J'ai quelque chose à lui dire.
I have something to tell him.
Pourquoi ne pas simplement lui dire non ?
Why not just tell him no?
Tu sais ce que tu vas lui dire ?
Do you know what you're going to tell him?
Alors, voilà ce que vous allez lui dire.
So, here's what you're going to tell him.
— La Famille Tenenbaum (2001)
Tu voulais lui dire ce que tu ressentais, non ?
You wanted to tell him how you felt, right?
Are you going to tell him?
Go tell him to get ready.
Je n'ai pas envie de lui dire ça.
I don't feel like telling him that.
Don't forget to tell him/her.
Que quelqu'un court lui dire que tout le monde peut la sentir.
Someone run and tell her that everyone can smell it.
— Wicked (2024)