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# some — English to French

How English *some* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

What it means: [some in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/some/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: some (513 823), somes (11). By style: everyday 3 752 · literary 314 · biblical 314 · parliamentary 56 932 · legal and administrative 19 539 · UN documents 432 983.

## certains

Used about 216 226 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 313 · parliamentary ≈ 20 094 · legal and administrative ≈ 14 754 · UN documents ≈ 181 066). Forms: certaines, certains.

- **Some** things never change.
  **Certaines** choses ne changent jamais.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#4496432](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4496432) [\#8364815](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8364815))

- **Some** succeeded in escaping to neighbouring Nepal.
  **Certains** d'entre eux sont parvenus à s'enfuir au Népal voisin.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 874223)

- **Some** assets were excluded from the scope of the sale.
  **Certains** actifs ont été exclus du périmètre de cette vente.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 3116586)

- Were **some** orphans not too young to be thus employed?
  **Certains** orphelins ne sont—ils pas trop jeunes pour être employés ainsi ?
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 2895741)

- **Some** of the birds didn't fly.
  **Certains** des oiseaux ne volèrent point.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#24670](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/24670) [\#845532](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/845532))

## quelques

Used about 87 785 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 547 · literary ≈ 164 · biblical ≈ 137 · parliamentary ≈ 7 814 · legal and administrative ≈ 399 · UN documents ≈ 78 724). Forms: quelque, quelques.

- I'm making **some** changes.
  J'effectue **quelques** changements.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and nimfeo · checked, community translation · [\#2545968](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2545968) [\#5182568](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5182568))

- Thus it went on for **some** time.
  Cela continua ainsi **quelque** temps.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 26365)

- **Some** stood up and gave false testimony against him, saying,
  **Quelques**-uns se levèrent, et portèrent un faux témoignage contre lui, disant:
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 14:57)

- Let me turn now to **some** final remarks on external relations.
  Je voudrais maintenant aborder **quelques** remarques finales concernant les relations extérieures.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 622059)

- This higher boiling fraction consists predominantly of C5-C7 aromatic hydrocarbons with **some** unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons having a carbon number predominantly of C5.
  Se compose principalement d'hydrocarbures aromatiques en C5-7, avec **quelques** hydrocarbures aliphatiques insaturés majoritairement en C5 et possède un point d'ébullition relativement élevé.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 1084801)

## j

Used about 9 875 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 860 · literary ≈ 13 · biblical ≈ 13 · parliamentary ≈ 1 116 · UN documents ≈ 7 872).

- I need **some** help.
  **J**'ai besoin d'aide.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and carl · checked, community translation · [\#2387521](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2387521) [\#1060521](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1060521))

- “For **some** one you never knew, and of whom I was too fond.”
  --Oh! quelqu'un que tu n'as pas connu, et que **j**'aimais trop.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 1388)

- “Come, eat **some** of my bread, Drink **some** of the wine which I have mixed!
  Venez, mangez de mon pain, Et buvez du vin que **j**’ai mêlé;
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 9:5)

- I have **some** experience on this as regards the candidate countries, where it is linked to our rigorous conditionality.
  **J**’ai une certaine expérience à cet égard dans le cas des pays candidats, où ce dialogue est lié à notre stricte conditionnalité.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 824474)

- J. Kammerhofer, &quot; Uncertainty in the formal sources of international law: customary international law and **some** of its problems &quot; , EJIL, vol. 15, 2004, pp. 523 - 553.
  **J**. Kammerhofer, &lt; &lt; Uncertainty in the formal sources of international law: customary international law and some of its problems &gt; &gt; , EJIL, vol. 15, 2004, pp. 523-553.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 23504365)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- There are **some** people who hate the idea of the European Community.
  Il y a des gens qui haïssent l’idée de la Communauté européenne.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shekitten and nimfeo · checked, community translation · [\#3259040](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3259040) [\#3259039](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3259039))

- You're the only person I know who doesn't take **some** kind of medicine at least once a week.
  Tu es la seule personne que je connaisse qui ne prend pas un médicament ou un autre au moins une fois par semaine.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#954856](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/954856) [\#959347](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/959347))

- I'd like Tom to spend **some** time with our children.
  Je voudrais que Tom passe un peu de temps avec nos enfants.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and guyniv · checked, community translation · [\#2033931](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2033931) [\#5555138](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5555138))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-fr/).

## About these examples

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