She took her distaff', seated herself in front of the hearth, where a cricket was singing, and the ivory spindle spun round rapidly between her fingers.
Elle prit sa quenouille, s’assit devant l’âtre où chantait le grillon, et le fuseau d’ivoire tourna rapidement entre ses doigts.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
Chevalier Ruscoui then afforded the company much pleasure by softly singing some popular Piedmontese love songs, which he afterwards translated into French.
Le chevalier Rusconi plut énormément en chantant à demi-voix des chansons populaires du Piémont, des vers d'amour, dont il donnait ensuite la traduction française.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
He speaks to me, and though I am quite familiar with the singsong accent of the North, I discover that he is singing.
Il me parle, et moi qui suis bien habitué pourtant à son accent du Nord qui chante, je découvre qu’il chante.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
However, when Rougon returned, they were once more making friends by loudly singing the great man's praises : that being the one subject on which they could agree.
Quand Rougon entra, ils se réconciliaient, en faisant de lui un éloge extraordinaire.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
After a while the singing commenced, to the evident delight of all present.
Enfin, à l’évidente satisfaction de tous, le chant commença.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
There was a roaring in the wind all night; The rain came heavily, and fell in floods; But now the sun is rising calm and bright; The birds are singing in the distant woods.
« Il y eut une tempête toute la nuit. La pluie tomba par torrents, mais maintenant le soleil se lève brillant et calme, les oiseaux chantent dans les bois. »
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario
The two cousins, the colonel and M. Bouchard, were completely reconciled, and, instead of throwing the Orleans Princes and the Count de Chambord at each other's head, rivalled in singing their sovereign's praise.
Les deux cousins, le colonel et M. Bouchard, réconciliés, ne se jetant plus à la tête les princes d'Orléans et le comte de Chambord, luttaient désormais à qui ferait l'éloge du souverain en meilleurs termes.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
Hearken to the tick of this lock-a wolf trap has'n't a livelier spring; pan and cock speak together, like two singing masters undertaking a psalm in meetin'.
Écoutez le bruit de ce ressort, – celui d’une trappe à loups n’est pas plus prompt : le chien et la platine partent en même temps, comme deux chantres entonnent un psaume dans une chapelle ?
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
Between the hedges ran girls in light frocks; a number of boating men passed by singing; files of middle-class couples, of elderly persons, of clerks and shopmen with their wives, walked the short steps, besides the ditches.
Entre les haies, couraient des filles en robes claires; une équipe de canotiers passait en chantant; des filles de couples bourgeois, de vieilles gens, des commis avec leurs épouses, marchaient à petits pas, au bord des fossés.
Had she asked of me the singing flower, the riches buried by the comrades of Morgan the destroyer, I would have sought them, to obtain those other riches and that mute flower for which I longed.
M’eût-elle demandé la fleur qui chante ou les richesses enfouies par les compagnons de Morgan l’exterminateur, je les lui aurais apportées afin d’obtenir les richesses certaines et la fleur muette que je souhaitais!
Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la vallee
Le Lys dans la vallee
Balzac, Honore de
The Lily of the Valley
Balzac, Honore de
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sing
verb
Basic forms
Past
sang, sung
Imperative
sing
Present Participle (Participle I)
singing
Past Participle (Participle II)
sung
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I sing
we sing
you sing
you sing
he/she/it sings
they sing
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am singing
we are singing
you are singing
you are singing
he/she/it is singing
they are singing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have sung
we have sung
you have sung
you have sung
he/she/it has sung
they have sung
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been singing
we have been singing
you have been singing
you have been singing
he/she/it has been singing
they have been singing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I sang, sung
we sang, sung
you sang, sung
you sang, sung
he/she/it sang, sung
they sang, sung
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was singing
we were singing
you were singing
you were singing
he/she/it was singing
they were singing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had sung
we had sung
you had sung
you had sung
he/she/it had sung
they had sung
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been singing
we had been singing
you had been singing
you had been singing
he/she/it had been singing
they had been singing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will sing
we shall/will sing
you will sing
you will sing
he/she/it will sing
they will sing
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be singing
we shall/will be singing
you will be singing
you will be singing
he/she/it will be singing
they will be singing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have sung
we shall/will have sung
you will have sung
you will have sung
he/she/it will have sung
they will have sung
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been singing
we shall/will have been singing
you will have been singing
you will have been singing
he/she/it will have been singing
they will have been singing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would sing
we should/would sing
you would sing
you would sing
he/she/it would sing
they would sing
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be singing
we should/would be singing
you would be singing
you would be singing
he/she/it would be singing
they would be singing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have sung
we should/would have sung
you would have sung
you would have sung
he/she/it would have sung
they would have sung
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice