Texting
svp
AbbreviationStandardA1Meaning
s'il vous plaît
« S'il vous plaît » in three letters, on a notice or in a message to someone you address as vous. In capitals on signs (« Merci de fermer la porte SVP »), lowercase in a text.
How it is said
s'il vous plaît
Gender and article
no article
Where you meet it
A small notice, a note on a door, a message to a colleague or a shopkeeper.
Example
Merci de ne pas claquer la porte, svp.
Please (svp) don't slam the door.
In the DELF
reading A1 · listening A1
Watch out
It is not said aloud: in speech, you pronounce « s'il vous plaît ». In a DELF letter, write the phrase in full, never svp.
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