I looked on the computer...and it says please in french means svp...how would you pronounce that?
2007-10-15 13:59:54 · 11 answers · asked by beachbabe4747 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Svp is an abbreviation of Si il vous plait or s'il vous plait
(if it please you...) and it's pronounce: seal-vu (u pronounce as the ou in you)- play (the ay is more pronounce like the "e" in red)
Hope it help
2007-10-15 14:33:44 · answer #1 · answered by babarox1998 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
(Actually, the phrase should be "s’il vous plaît" with the circonflex accent on the i.)
If you want to pronounce the initals "svp" it should be
"ess vay pay". The full phrase would be, as stated above, "seel voo play".
2007-10-17 20:44:05 · answer #2 · answered by cellohappybear 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Seal Voo Plae
2007-10-15 21:04:42 · answer #3 · answered by Bibi 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/repondez+s'il+vous+plait
Pronunciation:
\rÄ-pÅⁿ-dÄ-sÄl-vü-ple\
to pronounce the individual letters, you can listen to the first site below. It pronounces the French alphabet for you.
2007-10-15 21:12:08 · answer #4 · answered by Serena 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
S'il vous plait.
2007-10-16 20:36:28 · answer #5 · answered by Big Ben 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
see voo play
2007-10-15 21:24:39 · answer #6 · answered by qt4ever321 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"s'il vous plais" is literally "if you please" but it is how the French say "please". The "l" in "s'il" is silent so the pronunciation is close to "see voo play" although the final vowel is not the diphthong 'ei' but the vowel 'e'.
2007-10-15 21:07:08 · answer #7 · answered by tentofield 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
s'il vous plait.
(seal-voo-play)
2007-10-15 21:28:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
it means s'il vouz plais pronounced sill voo play
2007-10-15 21:02:11 · answer #9 · answered by MELANIE B 1 · 0⤊ 5⤋
sil vous plait.
thats please
i think thats what svp means.
seal voo play
2007-10-15 21:02:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋