Usage examples of "grecs" in French with translation to English

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Connaissez-vous quelques mythes grecs ? Do you know any Greek myths?

Les Grecs aussi mangent souvent du poisson. The Greeks also eat fish often.

Les Grecs avaient l'habitude de prier plusieurs dieux. The Greeks used to worship several gods.

La démocratie est un concept qui remonte aux anciens grecs. Democracy is an idea that goes back to the ancient Greeks.

S'il est vrai que les Grecs interdisaient aux femmes d'aller au théâtre, ils agissaient correctement; car alors ils auraient été au moins capables d'entendre quelque chose. If it is true that the Greeks forbade women to go to the play, they acted in a right way; for they would at any rate be able to hear something.

Les Grecs inventèrent la virgule, non pour leur littérature mais pour leurs acteurs, pour les avertir de prendre une longue inspiration en préparation d'une longue phrase à venir ; une virgule représente donc une pause. The Greeks invented the comma, not for their literature but for their actors, to warn them to take a deep breath in preparation of an upcoming long phrase; thus a comma represents a pause.

Il est Grec de naissance. He is a Greek by birth.

Ce mot dérive du grec. This word is derived from Greek.

Ce mot vient du grec. This word comes from Greek.

Ce mot provient du grec. This word comes from Greek.

Achille était un ancien héros Grec. Achilles was an ancient Greek hero.

Il a des rudiments de grec. He has a smattering of Greek.

Il a quelques notions de grec. He has a smattering of Greek.

Je ne suis ni Athénien, ni grec. I am not an Athenian, nor a Greek.

J'ai beaucoup appris sur la culture grecque. I learned a lot about Greek culture.

Il sait aussi parler un peu de grec. He can also speak a little Greek.

Il a traduit Homère du grec à l'anglais. He translated Homer from the Greek into English.

Pour moi c'était comme si c'était du grec. That was all Greek to me.

'Philosophie' est un mot grec qui signifie l'amour de la sagesse. 'Philosophy' is a Greek word that means the love of wisdom.

C'est le genre de tragédie grecque où l'arrogance engendre sa revanche. It's sort of the classic Greek tragedy of hubris begets nemesis.

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