Sentence examples of "sur" in French with translation "onto"

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Mets-le sur la table. Put it onto the table.
Cousez les boutons sur une chemise. Sew buttons onto a shirt.
Pose le fusil sur la table. Toss the gun onto the table.
J'ai jeté mon chien sur mon lit. I tossed my dog onto my bed.
Un chien sauta sur la chaise et resta immobile pendant cinq minutes. A dog jumped onto the chair and lay motionless for five minutes.
Quand la porte coulissante s'est ouverte, il a failli tomber sur le quai. As the door slid open, he almost fell onto the platform.
On aurait dit que de l'eau s'était mise sur les câbles d'une manière ou d'une autre, et ils cassaient. It sounded like water had got onto the cables somehow, and they were breaking.
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