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

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Elle a de petits pieds. She has small feet.
Des petits oiseaux chantent joyeusement. Little birds are singing merrily.
Vous n'êtes pas aussi petits que moi. You aren't as short as I am.
Les enfants, quand ils sont petits, se moquent de leurs parents. Children, when they are little, make fools of their parents.
Il déchira sa lettre en petits morceaux et les jeta par la fenêtre. He tore up his letter into small bits and threw them out the window.
Certains animaux mangent leurs petits. Some animals eat their young.
Les oiseaux construisent un nid au printemps pour élever leurs petits dedans. Birds make a nest in the springtime to raise their babies in.
Coupez le saumon en petits morceaux. Cut the salmon into small pieces.
Les petits ruisseaux font les grandes rivières. Many a little makes a mickle.
Les vaches sont grandes et leurs cornes sont longues ; les moutons sont petits et leur cornes sont courtes. Cows are large and their horns are long; sheep are small and their horns are short.
As-tu des difficultés à comprendre ce que te disent les femmes ou les petits enfants ? Do you have difficulty understanding what women or small children say to you?
Une baleine est un mammifère ; autrement dit, elle allaite ses petits. A whale is a mammal; in other words it feeds milk to its young.
J'ai trouvé un jour dans une école un garçon de taille moyenne qui maltraitait un petit garçon. Je lui ai fait la leçon, mais il a répondu : "Les grands me frappent, alors je frappe les petits ; c'est juste." Par ces paroles, il a résumé toute l'histoire du genre humain. I found one day in school a boy of medium size ill-treating a smaller boy. I expostulated, but he replied: "The bigs hit me, so I hit the babies; that's fair." In these words he epitomized the history of the human race.
Cassez le chocolat en petits morceaux. Break the chocolate into small pieces.
Nous avons regardé un oiseau nourrir ses petits. We watched a bird feed its little ones.
Avez-vous des difficultés à comprendre ce que vous disent les femmes ou les petits enfants ? Do you have difficulty understanding what women or small children say to you?
Les petits secrets font les grands mensonges. Small secrets make big lies.
Les lutins sont les petits assistants du Père Noël. Elves are Santa's little helpers.
Après cela beaucoup vivent dans des résidences spéciales pour les vieux où leurs enfants et petits enfants peuvent venir les voir. After that, many live in special homes for the aged where their children and grandchildren can come to visit them.
Mes pieds sont petits comparés aux tiens. My foot is small beside yours.
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