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

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Les agriculteurs sèment les champs. The farmers were scattering seed on the fields.

Comme tu auras semé tu moissonneras. You reap what you sow.

Les paysans sèment au printemps. Farmers sow seeds in the spring.

On récolte ce que l'on sème. What one has sown one will have to reap.

Les fermiers sèment des graines au printemps. Farmers sow grain seeds in spring.

Qui sème le vent, récolte la tempête. You must reap what you have sown.

L'incident sema les germes de la guerre. The incident sowed the seeds of the war.

L'agriculteur a semé son champ de blé. The farmer sowed his field with wheat.

Elle a semé des légumes dans son jardin. She seeded vegetables in her garden.

On récolte ce que l'on a semé. You reap what you sow.

Nous avons semé des légumes dans le champ. We put vegetable seeds in the field.

Vous connaissez la phrase, "on récolte ce que l’on sème". Moi j’ai semé le vent maintenant voilà ma tempête. You know the phrase, we harvest, that which we sow. I have sown the wind and this is my storm.

Nous avons semé des graines sur tout le champ. We scattered seeds all over the field.

À l'arrivée du printemps, ils labourent les champs et les sèment. When spring comes, they dig up the fields and plant seeds.

Tant que notre relation est définie par nos différences, nous renforcerons ceux qui sèment la haine plutôt que la paix, et qui promeuvent le conflit plutôt que la coopération qui peut aider tout notre peuple à atteindre justice et prospérité. So long as our relationship is defined by our differences, we will empower those who sow hatred rather than peace, and who promote conflict rather than the cooperation that can help all of our people achieve justice and prosperity.

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