Usage examples of "participe passé" in French with translation to English

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Tom affirmait, à en juger par le verbe devant lui, que la phrase était au passé tandis que Mary voyant le participe sous ses yeux, jurait que c'était un présent. Tom was asserting, judging by the verb in front of him, that the sentence was past tense, while Mary, seeing the gerundive under her eyes, was swearing it was a present.
Chaque génération aura à redécouvrir pour elle-même les vérités du passé. Each generation would have to rediscover for itself the truths of the past.
Il est nécessaire que Nancy participe à la réunion. It is necessary that Nancy attend the meeting.
Où est passé tout le pain ? Where did all the bread go?
À une réunion de directeurs, à moins que le quorum ne participe, aucune proposition ne peut être votée excepté une proposition de convoquer une autre réunion. At a directors’ meeting, unless a quorum is participating, no proposal is to be voted on, except a proposal to call another meeting.
Deux mois ont passé depuis qu'il est parti pour la France. Two months have passed since he left for France.
Un homme peut vivre et être en santé sans tuer d'animaux pour se nourrir ; en conséquence, s'il mange de la viande, il participe au meurtre d'un animal simplement pour satisfaire son appétit. Et agir ainsi est immoral. A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral.
Smith a passé des années à étudier l'effet du sommeil et du manque de sommeil sur la mémoire et l'apprentissage. Smith has spent years studying the effects of sleep and sleep loss on memory and learning.
Ça s'est passé quand je ne regardais pas. It happened while I wasn't looking.
Merci pour le temps que vous avez passé avec moi durant mon séjour à Atlanta. Thank you for the time you spent with me during my visit to Atlanta.
Que c'est-il passé dans le bus ? What happened on the bus?
Je n'ai que faire de ton passé. I don't care about your past.
Quelque chose s'est passé. Something happened.
Quarante ans ont passé. Forty years passed.
Tout c'est passé comme prévu. Everything fell out as I expected.
Il nous est possible de savoir ce qui avait été réalisé dans le passé, mais il nous est impossible de le changer. Et il nous est possible de changer l'avenir, mais il nous est possible de savoir ce qui sera réalisé. It is possible for us to know what has been achieved in the past, but it is not possible for us to change it. And it is possible for us to change the future, but it is not possible for us to know what will be achieved in it.
Cinq ans ont passé depuis qu'ils sont venus au Japon. Five years have passed since they came to Japan.
Le livreur de pizzas n'est pas encore passé. The pizza delivery guy hasn't come by yet.
J'ai été étonnée d'entendre ce qui s'était passé. I was astonished to hear what had happened.
L'accident s'est passé de cette façon. The accident happened in this manner.
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