Learn French: Elle dit son adresse au client. - She tells her address to the client.

Elle dit son adresse au client.

She tells her address to the client.

Breakdown of Elle dit son adresse au client.

to the / at the (masculine singular)

son

his/her/its

le client

the client / the customer

l'adresse

the address (f)

Questions & Answers about Elle dit son adresse au client.

Is dit a regular -re verb like the ones in this lesson?

dit comes from dire (to say/tell), which ends in -re but is irregular. It doesn't follow the exact same rules as regular verbs like attendre (to wait) or répondre (to answer). However, its -t ending for the il/elle (he/she) form is a very common pattern you will see for most -re verbs!

Why is it son adresse? Isn't adresse feminine, and doesn't son mean "his"?

In French, possessive words match the thing being owned, not the owner. Since adresse is feminine, you would normally use sa. However, because adresse starts with a vowel, French swaps in the masculine son to make it flow better and avoid the clunky "sa adresse" sound. So son adresse can mean "his address" or "her address" depending on the context!

Why does the sentence use au instead of à le for "to the"?

In French, you can never say à le. Whenever the preposition à (to/at) meets the masculine article le (the), they always combine to form the single word au. If she were speaking to a female client, it would just be à la cliente, because à and la do not combine.

I thought dire meant "to say". Why is it translated as "tells" here?