Some, a few - Quelques-uns (The 2514th Most Common French Word)
In French, the word for Some, a few is Quelques-uns. It can be used as pronoun. It is the 2514th most commonly used word in French, classified as a B2 word. This word often comes up when talking about ownership, numbers & quantity. Tap on the speaker icon to listen to their pronunciations, and you can also see example sentences for context below. Download our app to practice this and the other 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.
Pronunciation
English:
some, a few
French:
quelques-uns
Examples
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| Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. | Aimez tout le monde, faites confiance à quelques-uns, ne faites de mal à personne. |
| I'll show you some. | Je vais vous en montrer quelques-uns. |
| Give me a few. | Donne-m'en quelques-uns. |
| Some built houses partly underground. | Quelques-uns construisirent des maisons partiellement souterraines. |
| Some survived. | Quelques-uns ont survécu. |
| Jessica and some of her friends marched in Bogotá to protest about some of these issues. | Jessica et quelques-uns de ses amis ont manifesté à pied à Bogota, pour protester contre certains de ces problèmes. |
| Hence the mosaics honor the decorative traditions of Egyptian art, Mamluk art, Mughal art, Ottoman art, North African art, and Timurid art, to name just a few. | Ainsi les mosaïques mettent à l'honneur les traditions décoratives propres à l'art égyptien, l'art mamelouk, l'art moghol, l'art ottoman, l'art maghrébin ou encore l'art timouride pour n'en citer que quelques-uns. |
| Here are some of our favorite clicks from everyday motorola one vision photographers just like you. | Voici quelques-uns de nos clichés préférés des photographes Motorola One Vision de tous les jours, tout comme vous. |
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| Some were later modified with special adaptors to enable magazine loading. | Quelques-uns sont modifiés ultérieurement avec des adaptateurs spéciaux pour permettre l'approvisionnement en cartouches à partir du chargeur. |
| We bring to you some of the best Hip hop artists in Louisville with help from other friends Partyocalypse from cincinnati. | Nous vous apportons quelques-uns des meilleurs artistes Hip hop à Louisville avec l'aide d'autres amis Partyocalypse de cincinnati. |
| They made some of you laugh. | Ils ont fait rire quelques-uns d'entre vous. |
| Some of the contaminants pose serious health risks to consumers. | Quelques-uns des contaminants constituent un sérieux risque pour la santé des consommateurs. |
| Then we might as well unwrap a few. | On ferait aussi d'en déballer quelques-uns. |
| Let's remind ourselves of some of the basic facts that are not seriously in dispute. | Rappelons quelques-uns des faits essentiels qui ne sont pas sérieusement controversés. |
| And obviously, a few of them have been paid to report the Krahn. | Évidemment, quelques-uns sont payés pour dénoncer les Krahn. |
| The laxness of a few of them were a cruel source of concern... | Le relâchement de quelques-uns lui était un cruel souci... |
| I would like to summarize a few of them. | J'aimerais cependant en résumer quelques-uns. |
| Let me just briefly mention a few of these. | Permettez-moi d'en mentionner brièvement quelques-uns. |
| I would like to mention a few to him. | Je voudrais lui en mentionner quelques-uns. |
| One need only mention a few of these positive effects. | Il suffit de mentionner quelques-uns des effets positifs. |
| We want to highlight some of them in this post. | Nous souhaitons en souligner quelques-uns dans ce billet. |
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