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il appela

called, phoned

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appel to call, to phone + a 3rd-person singular past
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Uncommon #19,189
called, phoned This is the passé simple, a literary past tense used mainly in writing.
FR: Elle appela sa mère.
EN: She called her mother.
Conjugation of appeler
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third appela appelèrent

Elle l'appela pour lui dire qu'elle serait en retard.

She called him to tell him she would be late.

Il était sur le point de s'endormir lorsqu'il entendit qu'on appela son nom.

He was just about to fall asleep when he heard his name being called.

Ziri appela Rima.

Ziri called Rima.

Marie appela sa mère pour lui annoncer la bonne nouvelle.

Mary called her mother to tell her the good news.

Tom appela à l'aide, mais personne ne l'entendit.

Tom called for help, but no one heard him.

Elle l'appela.

She called him.

Il en appela à la troupe pour mettre fin à la grève.

He called on the troops to end the strike.

Je n'avais pas de nom, on m'appela "Sans Nom".

I didn't have a name, so they called me “Nameless.”

— Hero (2002)

Il appela à l'aide.

He called for help.

— Mysterious Object at Noon (2000)

Il appela devant le tribunal la veuve Patanè.

He summoned the widow Patanè before the court.

— Divorce à l'italienne (1961)

"Viens, petit," appela-t-elle,"viens jouer".

“Come on, little one,” she called. “Come play.”

Ziri appela.

Ziri called.

On appela immédiatement un docteur.

A doctor was immediately called.

Thrór l'appela le joyau du roi.

Thrór called it the king's jewel.

— Le Hobbit : Un voyage inattendu (2012)

Elle appela une amie.

She called a friend.

Le matin, elle appela son bureau pour dire qu'elle prenait une journée de congé.

In the morning, she called her office to say that she was taking the day off.

Elle m'appela pour me dire que son mari ne serait pas en ville pour le week-end.

She called me to tell me that her husband wouldn’t be in town for the weekend.

Elle l'appela un jour sur deux.

She called him every other day.

Il appela mon nom.

He called my name.

Ziri appela ses parents.

Ziri called her parents.

Ernie, appela Piotr, des clients de Spencerport.

Ernie, called Piotr, some clients from Spencerport.

Elle appela un ami.

She called a friend.

Le pays appela le Japon à l'aide.

The country called on Japan for help.