Usage examples of "papa - poule" in French with translation to English

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Il a trois ans de moins que papa. He is three years younger than Father.
Lequel est venu en premier, la poule ou l'œuf ? Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Papa n'est pas à la maison. Dad isn't home.
Tuer la poule aux œufs d'or. Kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Papa, faisons-nous des grimaces et on va voir qui peut se retenir de rire le plus longtemps. Daddy, let's make faces at each other and see who can keep from laughing the longest.
Pouvez-vous attraper la poule ? Can you catch the chicken?
Papa est grand. My father is tall.
Ne sois pas une telle poule mouillée ! Don't be such a wimp!
"Le sorcier se déguise en bête, il met une peau sur sa tête et il se promène dans le bourg. C'est mon papa qui me l'a dit." "The sorcerer disguises himself as a beast, he wears a hide over his head and walks around town. It's my daddy who told me that."
Comme une poule dont la tête est coupée. Like a chook with its head cut off.
Papa, je ne peux plus marcher. Porte-moi. Daddy, I can't walk any more. Carry me.
Cette poule n'a pas pondu d'œufs ces derniers temps. That chicken hasn't laid any eggs lately.
Papa ne mange pas beaucoup de fruits. Father does not eat much fruit.
J'ai eu la chair de poule en voyant le mille-pattes sur le mur. The sight of the centipede on the wall was enough to make my skin crawl.
Papa prit place au bout de la table. Father took his place at the head of the table.
La poule n'a pas pondu d'œufs ces derniers temps. The chicken hasn't laid eggs lately.
Que faisais-tu, Papa ? What were you doing, Dad?
Qu'est-ce qui est apparu en premier : l'œuf ou la poule ? What came first? The egg or the hen?
"Laisse-moi te demander quelque chose, papa," commença-t-elle, sur un ton d'exaspération patiemment contrôlée que tout parent expérimenté connaît. "Let me ask you something, Dad," she began, in a tone of patiently controlled exasperation that every experienced parent is familiar with.
Une poule a pondu un œuf dans mon armoire. A hen laid an egg in my closet.
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