me dire ça

tell me that

→ me
phrase Uncommon #8,782
tell me that Used when someone tells you something directly, often to react to surprising, rude, or important information. The phrase is compositional: me = to me, dire = to say/tell, ça = that/this.
FR: Comment peux-tu me dire ça ?
EN: How can you tell me that?

C'est gentil de me dire ça.

That's nice of you to say.

Qui t'a dit de me dire ça?

Who told you to tell me that?

Fallait me dire ça avant.

You should have told me that earlier.

— Mommy (2014)

Vous êtes venu me dire ça?

You came to tell me that?

Et c'est au milieu de la nuit que tu viens me dire ça?

And you're telling me this in the middle of the night?

— Solaris (1972)

Comment peux-tu me dire ça?

How can you tell me that?

Tu es venu pour me dire ça?

You came here to tell me that?

Vous n'êtes pas obligée de me dire ça.

You don't have to tell me that.

Comment avez-vous le toupet de me dire ça?

How dare you say that to me?

Tu es venu me dire ça?

You came to tell me that?

— Star Trek II : La colère de Khan (1982)

Comment avez-vous pu me dire ça?

How could you tell me that?

— Arrête-moi si tu peux (2002)

Vous ne pouvez pas me dire ça vous-même?

Can't you tell me that yourself?

— Benni (2019)

Merci de me dire ça.

Thank you for telling me that.

T'aurais pas me dire ça.

You shouldn't have told me that.

— La Vie d'Adèle - Chapitres 1 et 2 (2013)

Je me doutais que vous alliez me dire ça.

I suspected you were going to tell me that.

— Wicked (2024)

T'aurais pu me dire ça plus tôt!

You could have told me that earlier!

— Nobody Knows (2004)

Tu aurais vraiment me dire ça plus tôt.

You really should have told me that sooner.

Vous n'êtes pas obligées de me dire ça.

You don't have to tell me that.

Comment oses-tu me dire ça?

How dare you say that to me?

Comment tu peux me dire ça?

How can you tell me that?

Tu m'as fait venir pour me dire ça?

You brought me here just to tell me this?

Je ne me rappelle pas Tom me dire ça.

I don’t remember Tom telling me that.

Qui vous a dit de me dire ça?

Who told you to tell me that?

Tu es venu juste pour me dire ça?

You came just to tell me that?

J'essayais de me dire ça.

I was trying to tell myself that.

— Blow Out (1981)

Vous n'êtes pas obligés de me dire ça.

You don't have to tell me that.

C'est maintenant que tu viens me dire ça?

And you’re only telling me that now?

— Devdas (2002)

C'est très gentil de me dire ça.

That's very kind of you to say that.

Vous êtes venu pour me dire ça?

You came here to tell me that?

Tu peux pas me dire ça.

You can't tell me that.

— Demain tout commence (2016)

Vous ne pouviez pas me dire ça par courrier?

Couldn't you have told me that by mail?

— Harry Potter et l'Ordre du Phénix (2007)

Comment osez-vous me dire ça?

How dare you say that to me?