Sentence examples of "paraître" in French with translation "seem"

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Ça paraissait être une bonne idée. It seemed like a good idea.
Sa femme ne me parait pas laide. His wife doesn't seem ugly to me.
Haïti est une nation qui parait désespérément appauvrie. Haiti is a nation that seem hopelessly impoverished.
Elle parait petite a coté de sa soeur. She seems short beside her sister.
Ce qui t'apparaît simple me paraît compliqué. What seems simple to you seems complex to me.
Rien n'est ce qu'il paraît être. Nothing is as it seems.
Ce qui vous paraît simple m'apparaît compliqué. What seems simple to you seems complex to me.
Les choses ne sont pas ce qu'elles paraissent. Things are not what they seem.
Quand on est petit, tout nous paraît si grand... When we are small, everything seems so big...
Plus je réfléchissais à ce problème, plus il paraissait difficile. The more I thought about the problem, the more difficult it seemed.
Il parait être dépourvu de tout sens de l'humour. He seems to have no sense of humor.
Ce n'est pas aussi mauvais qu'il y paraît. It's not as bad as it seems.
L'herbe paraît toujours plus verte de l'autre côté. The grass always seems greener on the other side.
Les gens ne sont pas toujours ce qu'ils paraissent être. People are not always what they seem.
Une femme n'a que l'âge qu'elle paraît avoir. A woman is only as old as she seems to be.
Mon ordinateur ne paraît pas vouloir se connecter à l'imprimante. My computer doesn't seem to be connecting to the printer.
Aussi incroyable que ça paraisse, elle commanda en fait un jambonneau choucroute. As incredible as it may seem, she ordered a knuckle of ham with sauerkraut.
Quand on voyage en Shinkansen, Nagoya ne parait pas très éloignée de Tokyo. If you travel by Shinkansen, it doesn't seem far from Nagoya to Tokyo.
À en juger par ce qu'il dit, il paraît un homme capable. Judging from what he says, he seems to be a man of ability.
Les parents de John paraissaient soulagés d'apprendre que son avion était à l'heure. John's parents seemed relieved to hear that his plane was on time.
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