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How do you say in French: Is there someone there who speaks english?


I'm staying in France and I often receive telephone calls. I ask: Parlez-vous anglais? and when they say "No", I have no idea how to ask if there is anyone there that speaks english that I could talk to... Please help! If you could possibly also write the way the answer should be pronounced, that would be great! Thankyou

You want tooo many things. You better learn French

Y a -t-il quelqu'un qui parle l'anglais?

or Pouvez vous me passer quelqu'un qui parle l'anglais?

The above sounds right but don't forget the s'il vous plait!

Oh, and the pronunciation is something along the lines of

Ee ah til kelkun key parl longlay (sil voo play)

Here's the previous guys (maussy) phonetics.

Y a -t-il quelqu'un qui parle l'anglais?
(E ah teal kelkun key parl longlays?)
Is there someone there who speaks english?

or Pouvez vous me passer quelqu'un qui parle l'anglais?
(Pooh-vey voo meh passay kelkun key parl longlays?)
Could you get me someone there who speaks english?

hhmmmm.............. so you recieve phone calls from strangers.... great....... if you dont know any french, why did you go...wait never mind... girls and french guys.... awww. i get it now...

I suggest "Est-ce qu'il y a quelqu'un qui parle anglais, s'il vous pla卯t?" (pronunciation: Ess kee lee ah kell kun kee par lahn GLAY, see voo play?)

Inversion (like "Y-a-t'il") while correct is very formal and tends to be used more in written contexts. Also, while French uses the definite article (le, la, l') in front of the names of languages (e.g., L'anglais est difficile./English is difficult.), the exception to this rule is when the name of the language follows the verb 'parler' (to speak): Je parle anglais (NOT Je parle l'anglais) = I speak English.

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