to tell him or her
J'ai oublié de lui dire quelque chose.
I forgot to tell him/her something.
Don't forget to tell him/her.
Bien, je vais lui dire, que vous êtes occupée.
Okay, I'll tell him that you're busy.
— Romance de bureau (1977)
Je n'avais pas le cœur de lui dire la vérité.
I couldn't bring myself to tell him the truth.
When are you going to tell him?
Il m'a fait jurer de ne pas lui dire.
He made me swear not to tell him.
Go tell him to get ready.
What are you going to tell him?
Il est peut-être temps de lui dire.
Maybe it's time to tell him.
You should have told him.
Qu'est-ce que tu veux lui dire ?
What do you want to tell him?
Au cas où il vienne, que devrais-je lui dire ?
If he comes, what should I tell him?
Que vais-je bien pouvoir lui dire ?
What on earth am I going to say to him?
Va lui dire ce que tu ressens.
Go tell him how you feel.
Je dois lui dire quelque chose.
I have to tell him something.
You have nothing to say to him?
Je veux lui dire, que je suis désolé.
I want to tell him/her that I’m sorry.
— Sacrifices of War (2011)
Elle lui a écrit pour lui dire à quel point il était formidable.
She wrote to him to tell him how great he was.
It's up to me to tell him.
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)
Il faut lui dire ce qu'on sait !
We have to tell him what we know!
— Harry Potter et la Chambre des secrets (2002)
Lui dire ?
Tell him?
I can't tell him that.
J'avais tant de choses à lui dire.
I had so much to tell him.
I wouldn’t have to tell him/her.
— La Vie d'Adèle - Chapitres 1 et 2 (2013)
Et il est trop bête pour lui dire seulement merci.
And he’s too stupid to even say thank you to him.
— Les Invasions barbares (2003)
Si vous ne pouvez vivre sans lui il faut lui dire.
If you can’t live without him, you have to tell him.
— Nos années sauvages (1990)
Il y a très longtemps que je voulais lui dire.
I've wanted to tell him for a very long time.
— Suzhou River (2000)
Tu sais ce que tu vas lui dire ?
Do you know what you're going to tell him?
Tu n'aurais pas dû lui dire une telle chose.
You shouldn't have said such a thing to him.
I tried to tell him.
Il y a tant de choses que je voulais lui dire.
There are so many things I wanted to tell him.
— Picnic (1955)
Isolation complète sans lui dire combien de temps il va passer ici.
Complete isolation without telling him how long he will be here.
— La Vie des autres (2006)
We must tell him.
You just have to tell him.
But you have to tell him first.
I should have told him.
I had nothing to say to him.
Au retour d'A-Ho, je n'ai rien pu lui dire.
When A-Ho came back, I couldn't say anything to him.
— Un Soleil (2019)
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)
I can't tell him that.
Il ne faut plus jamais lui dire des choses aussi méchantes !
You must never say such mean things to him again!
— The Host (2006)
Qu'est-ce que tu viens de lui dire ?
What did you just say to him/her?
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)
Pourquoi ne pas simplement lui dire non ?
Why not just tell him no?
C'est ce que je viens de lui dire.
That's what I just told him.
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)
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.
C'est cruel de sa part que de lui dire de telles choses.
It’s cruel of him to say such things to her.
Promets-moi de ne pas lui dire !
Promise me you won't tell them!
Tu voulais lui dire ce que tu ressentais, non ?
You wanted to tell him how you felt, right?
You really have to tell him/her.
— Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une copine (1981)
Pourrais-tu lui dire quelque chose de favorable à mon sujet ?
Could you tell him something positive about me?
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.
Qu'est-ce que je dois lui dire ?
What should I 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.
Let me tell him!
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.
Elle n'a pas eu le courage de lui dire la vérité.
She didn't have the courage to tell him the truth.
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)
Tu dois lui dire ce que tu ressens.
You have to tell him how you feel.
Ce que vous avez à lui dire, dites-le-moi.
Tell me what you have to say to him.
— Séquences et conséquences (2000)
Qu'est-ce que je peux lui dire ?
What can I tell him?
I just told him.
Père, peux-tu lui dire d'arrêter ?
Dad, can you tell him to stop?
— La Légende de Baahubali : 1ère Partie (2015)
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)
Tu ne devrais pas lui dire de telles choses.
You shouldn't say such things to him.
— Princesse Mononoké (1997)
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)
Je lui ai parlé après la visite des fédéraux pour lui dire qu'on allait bien.
I spoke to him after the feds’ visit to tell him we were doing fine.
— À bout de course (1988)
Est-ce que vous allez lui dire ?
Are you going to tell him?
Qu'est-ce que tu voulais lui dire ?
What did you want to tell him?
— Femmes au bord de la crise de nerfs (1988)
What am I going to tell him?
Je n'ai pas envie de lui dire ça.
I don't feel like telling him that.
J'ai quelque chose à lui dire.
I have something to tell him.
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)
Il y a quelque chose d'important qu'il me faut lui dire.
There’s something important I need to tell him/her.
Je n'ai pas eu le cœur de lui dire la vérité.
I couldn't bring myself to tell him the truth.
Alors, voilà ce que vous allez lui dire.
So, here's what you're going to tell him.
— La Famille Tenenbaum (2001)
Qu'est-ce que tu vas lui dire ?
What are you going to tell him?
Qu'est-ce que je devrais lui dire ?
What should I tell him?
Tu peux lui dire ce que tu veux.
You can tell him whatever you want.
Malheureusement, je ne peux pas lui dire.
Unfortunately, I can't tell him/her.
Va lui dire bonsoir, et je te retrouve où ?
Go say good evening to him, and where should I meet you?
Don’t forget to tell him/her.
Qu'est-ce que je suis censé lui dire ?
What am I supposed to tell him?
Je ne pouvais pas arriver à lui dire quelque chose.
I couldn't bring myself to say anything to him.
— Le Facteur (1994)
What are we going to tell him?
J'ai envie de lui dire ce que je pense de lui.
I feel like telling him what I think of him.
Can I tell him?
Yu Beipei, va lui dire de venir nous parler.
Yu Beipei, go tell him to come talk to us.
— Sous la chaleur du soleil (1994)
But what am I going to tell him?
Qu'est-ce que je pouvais lui dire ?
What could I say to him?
I keep telling him.
Je n'ai pas encore trouvé le courage de lui dire.
I still haven't found the courage to tell him/her.
Qu'est-ce que je peux bien lui dire ?
What can I possibly say to him?
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)
Are you going to tell him?
Je n'ose pas lui dire une telle chose.
I don't dare tell him/her such a thing.
Are you going to tell him?
You should really tell him.
We should tell him.
It's up to you 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)
Je n'ai pas su lui dire combien je l'aimais.
I wasn't able to tell him how much I loved him.
C'est exactement ce que j'allais lui dire.
That's exactly what I was going to say to him.
— De tout cœur (1998)
What are you going to tell him?
S'il venait, que devrais-je lui dire ?
If he came, what should I say to 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)
Son père m'a dit de pas lui dire.
Her father told me not to tell her.
— Sympathy for Mister Vengeance (2002)
Il faut lui dire vos sentiments.
You need to tell them how you feel.
— Syndromes and a century (2006)
Puisqu'elle n'est pas au courant, on devrait lui dire ?
Since she doesn’t know, should we tell her?
— Yolo (2024)
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)
Tu devrais lui parler et lui dire ce que tu ressens.
You should talk to him and tell him how you feel.
Je n'avais pas besoin de lui dire.
I didn't need to tell him.
You should tell him.
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)
Avant j'osais pas lui dire, mais je lui ai expliqué des choses.
I didn't dare tell them before, but I explained some things to them.
— Happy Together (1997)
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)
Tu ne peux pas lui dire ça directement.
You can't tell him that directly.
I'll tell him everything.
Tu peux lui dire, ça m'est égal.
You can tell him/her, I don't care.
Je pouvais pas lui dire où j'allais !
I couldn't tell him where I was going!
— Les Diaboliques (1955)
Elle lui écrivit pour lui dire combien il était merveilleux.
She wrote to him to tell him how wonderful he was.
What should I tell him?
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)
You have to tell him.