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

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Pourquoi étiez-vous absente hier ? Why were you absent yesterday?
Pourquoi étais-tu absente hier ? Why were you absent yesterday?
Il se trouve qu'elle est absente. As it happens, she is absent.
Elle était absente à cause d'une maladie. She was absent on the ground of illness.
J'ai été absente de l'école hier. I was absent from school yesterday.
Elle a un rhume et est absente de l'école. She has a cold and is absent from school.
Je suis désolée qu'elle soit absente de la conférence. I am sorry that she is absent from the conference.
Dites-moi pourquoi vous étiez absente de l'école hier. Tell me why you were absent from school yesterday.
Je suis désolé qu'elle soit absente de la conférence. I am sorry that she is absent from the conference.
Dis-moi pourquoi tu étais absente de l'école hier. Tell me why you were absent from school yesterday.
J'étais absente de l'école parce que j'étais malade. I was absent from school because I was sick.
Je ne sais pas te dire pourquoi elle était absente de l'école. I can't tell you why she was absent from school.
Dites-moi la raison pour laquelle vous étiez absente de l'école hier. Tell me the reason you were absent from school yesterday.
Comme je me tapais un rhume, j'ai été absente de l'école. Since I had a cold, I was absent from school.
Pourquoi étiez-vous absent hier ? Why were you absent yesterday?
Pourquoi étais-tu absent hier ? Why were you absent yesterday?
Pourquoi étiez-vous absents hier ? Why were you absent yesterday?
Les absents ont toujours torts Those who are absent, are always wrong
Les absents ont toujours tort. The absent are always in the wrong.
Pourquoi étiez-vous absentes hier ? Why were you absent yesterday?
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