Sentence examples of "distinguer" in French

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Translations: all41 distinguish16 tell15 make out3 other translations7
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Peux-tu la distinguer de sa sœur ? Can you distinguish her from her sister?
Comment distinguer le danseur de la danse ? How can we tell the dancer from the dance?
Je pus distinguer une tour au loin. I made out a tower in the distance.
Tu dois savoir distinguer le bien du mal. You should distinguish between right and wrong.
Peux-tu distinguer une chèvre d'un mouton ? Can you tell a sheep from a goat?
Il m'était plutôt difficile de distinguer ce qu'il disait. It was rather difficult for me to make out what he was saying.
Il est facile de distinguer le bien du mal. It is easy to distinguish good from evil.
Je ne pouvais la distinguer de sa sœur. I couldn't tell her from sister.
J'ai écouté mais je n'ai pas pu distinguer ce qu'ils disaient. I listened but couldn't make out what they were saying.
Elle ne sait pas distinguer le bien du mal. She cannot distinguish right from wrong.
On ne peut pas distinguer ces jumeaux-ci. You can't tell these twins apart.
Il est difficile de te distinguer de ton frère. It is hard to distinguish you from your brother.
Ne savez-vous pas distinguer le bien du mal ? Can't you tell right from wrong?
On ne peut pas la distinguer de sa sœur cadette. We cannot distinguish her from her younger sister.
Nous ne pouvons la distinguer de sa petite sœur. We can't tell her and her younger sister apart.
Je n'arrive pas à le distinguer de son frère. I can't distinguish him from his brother.
Je n'arrive pas à distinguer ces deux jumeaux. I can't tell one twin from the other.
Il ne sait pas distinguer le vice de la vertu. He can't distinguish vice from virtue.
Il ne sait pas distinguer le bien du mal. He can't tell right from wrong.
Les deux frères se ressemblent tellement que je peux difficilement les distinguer. The two brothers resemble each other so much that I can hardly distinguish one from the other.
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