“I need to make an appointment with the dentist.” in French

When to use it

Use it to say that you have to book a visit to the dentist.

The sentence in English: “I need to make an appointment with the dentist.”

"I need to make an appointment with the dentist" uses "need to" for obligation. "Make an appointment" is a fixed expression. In British English you can also say "at the dentist's".

I

pronounpersonal pronoun, always written with a capital letter

need

verbneed · tense: present · person: first · number: singular · followed by "to" + verb

to

particleinfinitive marker before the verb

make

verbmake · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · "make an appointment" and "make a complaint" are fixed expressions

an

determinerindefinite article, used before a vowel sound

appointment

nounnoun

with

prepositionpreposition

the

determinerdefinite article

dentist

nounnoun

The sentence in French: “Je dois prendre un rendez-vous chez le dentiste.”

"Je dois prendre un rendez-vous chez le dentiste" uses "dois", from "devoir" (must). French "takes" an appointment: "prendre rendez-vous". "Chez" means at someone's place.

Je

pronounpersonal pronoun: "I"

dois

verbdevoir · tense: present · mood: indicative · person: first · number: singular · "must", "have to"

prendre

verbprendre · form: infinitive · "to take"; "prendre rendez-vous" means "make an appointment"

un

determinerindefinite article, masculine: "a"

rendez-vous

nounmasculine noun: "appointment"

chez

prepositionpreposition: "at the place of"; "chez le dentiste" means "at the dentist's"

le

determinerdefinite article, masculine: "the"

dentiste

nounnoun: "dentist"

What changes from one language to the other: English × French

English "makes" an appointment; French "takes" one. French uses "chez" for being at a person's place or business, a word English does not have. "Rendez-vous" is one noun written with a hyphen.

Example conversation