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

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The teacher sits on the chair. Le professeur est assis sur la chaise.
My grandfather always sits in this chair. Mon grand-père s'assoit toujours dans cette chaise.
He often sits up late writing letters. Il reste souvent assis, tard, à écrire des lettres.
He often sits for many hours reading books. Il s'assoit souvent pendant de nombreuses heures à lire des livres.
He sits in this chair when he watches television. Il s'assoit dans cette chaise quand il regarde la télévision.
One's point of view depends on the point where one sits. Le point de vue dépend du point où on est assis.
Beethoven goes to the piano, sits down at it, and begins to play. Beethoven alla au piano, s'assit et commença à jouer.
As he sits in the dark, typing away at his computer, he hears the sound of morning birds chirping away and realizes he has been up all night - but the insomniac still refuses to sleep. Assis dans le noir, écrivant sur son ordinateur, il entend le bruit des oiseaux qui piaillent le matin, et réalise qu'il est resté éveillé toute la nuit ; mais l'insomniaque refuse encore de dormir.
He sat on the bench. Il s'assit sur le banc.
Don't sit on that bench. Ne vous asseyez pas sur ce banc.
Ken sat next to me. Ken s'assit à mes côtés.
Don't sit on the floor. Ne vous asseyez pas par terre.
I sat by his side. Je me suis assis à côté de lui.
Where would you like to sit? Où désirez-vous vous asseoir ?
He sat on the bed. Il s'assit sur le lit.
In the U.S., you have the option, when you enter a restaurant, to sit in the smoking or non-smoking section. Aux États-Unis, vous avez le choix dans les restaurants de vous asseoir soit dans la section fumeurs, soit dans la section non-fumeurs.
He sat in Zen meditation. Il s'assit en position de méditation Zen.
Evening come, since you were slightly tired, you wished to sit in front of a new Café located on the corner of a new boulevard, still full of gravel and already showing its unfinished splendors. Le soir, un peu fatiguée, vous voulûtes vous asseoir devant un café neuf qui formait le coin d'un boulevard neuf, encore tout plein de gravois et montrant déjà glorieusement ses splendeurs inachevées.
We sat in total silence. Nous nous assîmes dans un silence complet.
She sat next to me. Elle s'est assise à côté de moi.
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