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il demanda

asked

→ demander
demand to ask (for), to request + a 3rd person singular past
verb · third singular · past indicative Common #6,474
asked Past historic (passé simple), used mostly in writing (stories, novels) to mean a completed past action.
FR: Il demanda son chemin à un passant.
EN: He asked a passerby for directions.
Conjugation of demander
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third demanda —

Mon père me demanda si je m'entendais bien avec la famille Jones.

My father asked me if I got along well with the Jones family.

Elle lui tendit sa veste puis ouvrit la porte et lui demanda de partir.

She handed him her jacket then opened the door and asked him to leave.

Elle demanda de l'aide, mais personne ne vint.

She asked for help, but no one came.

Je mentis lorsqu'elle demanda mon âge.

I lied when she asked my age.

Elle s'agenouilla à côté de lui et lui demanda quel était son nom.

She knelt beside him and asked him what his name was.

On demanda au technicien de réaliser une boîte imperméable à la lumière.

The technician was asked to make a light-proof box.

Il lui demanda de sortir avec lui.

He asked her out.

Il demanda plus d'argent.

He asked for more money.

Elle demanda au réceptionniste de l'hôtel de lui composer ce numéro.

She asked the hotel receptionist to dial this number for her.

À peine Tom était-il arrivé qu'on lui demanda de partir.

Tom had barely arrived when he was asked to leave.

Personne ne me demanda rien.

Nobody asked me anything.

Elle me demanda si je savais coudre.

She asked me if I knew how to sew.

Papa lui demanda d'arrêter.

Dad asked him to stop.

— La petite Véra (1988)

Il me dit de courir plus vite, et me demanda si j'étais fatigué.

He tells me to run faster and asked me if I was tired.

Tom nous demanda de nous asseoir.

Tom asked us to sit down.

Il demanda de l'aide.

He asked for help.

Tom demanda plus de café.

Tom asked for more coffee.

Le prince demanda à la petite fille pourquoi elle pleurait.

The prince asked the little girl why she was crying.

Tom me demanda si j'avais faim.

Tom asked me if I was hungry.

Elle me demanda de me mettre à côté d'elle.

She asked me to stand next to her.

Marie demanda un prêt à sa famille.

Marie asked her family for a loan.

Il demanda au général de retirer son ordre.

He asked the general to withdraw his order.

Il se demanda pourquoi elle avait fait cela.

He wondered why she had done that.

Elle demanda si j'avais besoin d'un taxi.

She asked if I needed a taxi.

Je mentis lorsqu'il demanda mon âge.

I lied when he asked my age.

Elle me demanda ce qu'il était advenu de lui, mais je l'ignorais.

She asked me what had become of him, but I didn’t know.

On demanda à la secrétaire de classer les anciennes notes.

The secretary was asked to file the old notes.

Il lui demanda si elle le connaissait.

He asked her if she knew him.

Elle marcha vers lui et lui demanda quel était son nom.

She walked up to him and asked him what his name was.

On lui demanda de le convaincre de faire peindre la maison par son fils.

He was asked to convince him to have his son paint the house.

Il nous demanda d'être silencieuses.

He asked us to be quiet.

Il demanda un peu d'argent.

He asked for a little money.

Clara me demanda pourquoi je travaillais aussi dur.

Clara asked me why I was working so hard.

Elle demanda comment cuisiner le poisson.

She asked how to cook the fish.

Elle le lui demanda et il dit oui.

She asked him and he said yes.

Il demanda de l'argent.

He asked for money.

Tom demanda plus de détails.

Tom asked for more details.

Elle me demanda pourquoi j'avais épargné le Roi.

She asked me why I had spared the King.

— Hero (2002)

Il demanda conseil à son amie.

He asked his friend for advice.

Elle se demanda combien de temps elle resterait dans la mémoire des gens.

She wondered how long she would remain in people's memories.

— Y tu mamá también (2001)

Il se demanda pourquoi elle n'était pas venue.

He wondered why she hadn't come.

Tom me demanda où j'habitais.

Tom asked me where I lived.

Elle me demanda ce qu'il était devenu.

She asked me what had become of him.

Grant demanda au Sénat d'approuver le traité.

Grant asked the Senate to approve the treaty.

Ken demanda après son père.

Ken asked after his father.

Il nous demanda d'être silencieux.

He asked us to be quiet.

Il demanda une bière.

He asked for a beer.

La police demanda que le criminel leur remette le pistolet.

The police demanded that the criminal hand over the gun.

Mon père me demanda qui était venu lui rendre visite hier.

My father asked me who came to visit him yesterday.

Elle demanda de l'aide mais personne ne vint.

She asked for help, but no one came.

On demanda au technicien de confectionner une boîte imperméable à la lumière.

The technician was asked to make a lightproof box.

Il rassembla son courage et la demanda en mariage.

He gathered his courage and asked her to marry him.

Il demanda l'argent.

He asked for the money.

Le vieil homme me demanda l'heure.

The old man asked me the time.

Il avait très soif et demanda un peu d'eau.

He was very thirsty and asked for some water.

Elle me demanda s'il se passait quelque chose.

She asked me if something was going on.

Il demanda de l'aide à ses amis.

He asked his friends for help.

Tom demanda combien le ticket coûtait.

Tom asked how much the ticket cost.

Il se demanda pourquoi sa femme l'avait quitté.

He wondered why his wife had left him.

Tom me demanda s'il se passait quelque chose.

Tom asked me if something was going on.

Elle me demanda de le faire.

She asked me to do it.

Sami demanda de l'argent à Layla.

Sami asked Layla for money.

Il leur demanda conseil.

He asked them for advice.