/di mwa/
Translation
tell me (informal)
Word origin
An imperative phrase from dire ('to say', from Latin dicere) plus moi ('me', from Latin me), so literally 'tell me'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- dicere
- English cognates
- dictate, diction
Examples
- ' , .
Tell me what happened, I want to know everything.
-, ?
Tell me, have you had news of him?
- , .
Tell me the truth, I can handle it.
- , .
Tell me the truth, I won't be angry.
- ' .
Tell me how your interview went yesterday.
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Grammar articles
(5)French Imperative: tu, nous, vous Commands and the Three Irregulars
French Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2): The Things That Stop You at the Plateau
French Relative Pronouns: qui, que, dont, où and How to Glue Clauses Together
Reported Questions and Commands in French
French Word Order: SVO, the Object Pronoun Inversion, and Six Rules That Cover 90% of Sentences
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