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

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Il trouva la porte fermée. He found the door closed.
Elle lui raconta une blague, mais il ne la trouva pas drôle. She told him a joke, but he didn't think it was funny.
Elle trouva un homme blessé. She found a man injured.
Elle trouva un homme mort. She found a man dead.
Il me trouva un taxi. He found me a taxi.
L'enfant trouva enfin ses pieds. The child found his feet at last.
Il trouva difficile de résoudre le problème. He found it difficult to solve the problem.
Elle trouva un besoin et le remplit. She found a need and she filled it.
Tom trouva cela très difficile de respirer. Tom found it very difficult to breathe.
La boîte qu'il trouva était vide. The box he found was empty.
Il trouva la boîte sous la table. He found the box under the table.
À son retour il trouva sa fille endormie. On his return he found her daughter asleep.
Elle le trouva debout près de l'entrée. She found him standing near the entrance.
Il trouva un chien abandonné dans la forêt. He found a dog abandoned in the wood.
Il trouva finalement la solution à deux heures du matin. At 2:00 a.m. he finally found the solution.
Personne ne trouva une quelconque raison de critiquer son action. No one found any reason to criticize his actions.
Le chien policier trouva des traces de cocaïne dans ses bagages. The police dog found trace amounts of cocaine in his luggage.
Il essaya de résoudre le problème qu'il trouva très difficile. He tried to solve the problem, which he found very difficult.
Elle essaya de soulever la caisse mais trouva impossible de le faire. She tried to lift the box, but found it impossible to do.
Il trouva une vieille chaise cassée, et s'assit devant le piano. He found an old, broken chair and sat down at the piano.
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