How to Say Stop in French

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Learn the verb for "to stop".

   It is arrêter (ah-reh-tay).
   
   It is conjugated as follows: j'arrête
   - I stop tu arrêtes
   - you (singular familiar) stop il arrête
   - he stops nous arrêtons
   - we stop vous arrêtez
   - you (plural and/or unfamiliar) stop ils arrêtent
   - they stop.
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   Step 2: If you want to know the word for stop on a stop sign

   , Ça suffit ! – that's enough! Arrête ! (Note that if writing it, the punctuation point involves a gap, which is French punctuation.) "Stop!"
   - said with a French intonation. , For example: "It is time to call a stop to this conversation. " and "il est temps de dire halte à cette conversation ". "Halte" also describes a stopping place. ,,, It is "Au voleur !".
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   Step 3: it is: Arrête Stop (sometimes anglicized in both Europe and Quebec).

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   Step 4: To ask some to stop doing something

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   Step 5: try the following: "Ne faites pas ça" or "arrête ça" – literally

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   Step 6: "don't do that"

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   Step 7: or stop that!

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   Step 8: If talking about calling a stop to something

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   Step 9: then use the word "halte".

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    Step 10: If you want to say stop when interrupting

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    Step 11: use the word "interrompre".

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    Step 12: For asking someone to stop adding more

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    Step 13: such as when saying "enough"

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    Step 14: use the word "assez" or "suffisamment".

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    Step 15: If you're wanting to stop a thief by saying "Stop thief"

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    Step 16: there is a special term in French.

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