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Let’s take a closer look at the conversation.
Do you remember how the civil servant says,
"Your e-mail, please."
Votre e-mail, s'il vous plaît.
Let’s start with the word, e-mail, meaning "e-mail." E-mail (Enunciated). E-mail.
In French, all nouns have grammatical gender and are either singular or plural. E-mail is masculine and singular — a fact that determines the form of other words in the sentence.
Note, the official term for e-mail in French is courriel, which is masculine. Courriel (enunciated). Courriel. However, e-mail is more widely used in everyday speech.
Before this is votre, meaning "your" when addressing one person in a formal context. Votre (clearly enunciated). Votre.
Note votre fundamentally means "your" when addressing more than one person, but it’s also a formal way to say "your" when speaking to one person directly using formal French.
All together, it’s votre e-mail. "Your e-mail." Votre e-mail.
Last is s’il vous plaît, meaning "please." S’il vous plaît (enunciated). S’il vous plaît.
All together, it’s Votre e-mail, s’il vous plaît. "Your e-mail, please."
Votre e-mail, s’il vous plaît.
Remember this request. You’ll hear it again later.
Let’s take a closer look at the response.
Do you remember how Karen says,
"My e-mail is karen@innolang.com."
Mon e-mail est karen@innolang.com (ka a erre eu enne arobase innolang point com).
Do you remember how to say "e-mail?"
E-mail. "e-mail." E-mail.
Before this is mon, "my." Mon (Enunciated). Mon.
Mon is masculine singular to agree with e-mail.
All together it’s mon e-mail. "My e-mail" Mon e-mail.
Next is est, "is," as in "my e-mail is." Est (enunciated). Est
Est is from the verb être, meaning "to be." Être.
Together, it’s Mon e-mail est… "My e-mail is.…" Mon e-mail est…
Next is Karen’s e-mail address: karen@innolang.com (ka a erre eu enne arobase innolang point com).
Note how Karen says her e-mail address.
First is Karen’s name spelled out. ka, a, erre, eu, enne
Next is the "at sign," which is arobase in French. Arobase (enunciated). Arobase.
After this is the domain name, innolang, pronounced in French. Innolang.
Next is point, "dot." Point (enunciated). Point.
And last is com. "Com" pronounced in French. Com (enunciated). Com.
All together, it’s Mon e-mail est karen@innolang.com (ka a erre eu enne arobase innolang point com).
"My e-mail is karen@innolang.com."
Mon e-mail est karen@innolang.com (ka a erre eu enne arobase innolang point com).
The pattern is
Mon e-mail est {E-MAIL ADDRESS}.
"My e-mail is {E-MAIL ADDRESS}.
Mon e-mail est {E-MAIL ADDRESS}.
To use this pattern, simply replace the {E-MAIL ADDRESS} placeholder with your e-mail address.
Imagine your e-mail address is prune@innolang.com (pé erre u enne eu arobase innolang point com enunciated). pé erre u enne eu arobase innolang point com
Say,
"My e-mail is prune@innolang.com."
Ready?
Mon e-mail est prune@innolang.com (pé erre u enne eu arobase innolang point com).
"My e-mail is carla@innolang.com."
Mon e-mail est prune@innolang.com (pé erre u enne eu arobase innolang point com).
When giving your e-mail address in French, if the domain name is well-known, you don’t need to spell it out. For example, if your e-mail address has the domain, "gmail," as in "gmail.com," you can just say, gmail.
Outside of well-known domain names, however, it will usually be necessary to spell it out.

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