to say the following

[sarahc33]

hello, I would like to say 'my father would like to say the following'

My attempt 'mon père voudrait dire le suivant'

I am unsure of how to say 'the following' as I see various variations of the translation due to the sentence's context.

Thank you

 

[Oddmania]

Hi,

We never say le suivant to mean the following in French. You could say Mon père voudrait dire ceci / la phrase suivante / ce qui suit. We use le suivant when we mean to say the next one, as in "Not this Friday, but the next one / the one after" (Pas ce vendredi, mais le suivant).

 

[sarahc33]

Hi,

We never say le suivant to mean the following in French. You could say Mon père voudrait dire ceci / la phrase suivante / ce qui suit. We use le suivant when we mean to say the next one, as in "Not this Friday, but the next one / the one after" (Pas ce vendredi, mais le suivant).

merci