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lui appartient

belongs to him or her

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phrase Uncommon #22,606
belongs to him or her The pronoun “lui” can refer to a man or a woman; context makes clear who owns the thing.
FR: Cette clé lui appartient.
EN: This key belongs to him or her.

Tout lui appartient, le club, la ville entière est à lui.

He owns everything—the club, the whole city. It all belongs to him.

— The Mask (1994)

Cette voiture-ci lui appartient.

This car belongs to him.

Ça lui appartient encore, tu es sûre ?

It still belongs to him, are you sure?

Bon, s'il trouve quelque chose, ça lui appartient.

Well, if he finds something, it belongs to him.

Tout ça lui appartient.

All of this belongs to him/her.

— La vie est belle (1997)

Cette terre lui appartient.

This land belongs to him.

La maison lui appartient.

The house belongs to him.

Est-ce que ce sac à dos lui appartient ?

Does this backpack belong to him?

Le cahier ne t'appartient pas, il lui appartient.

The notebook isn't yours; it belongs to him/her.

Dis-lui que ce qu'il trouvera lui appartient.

Tell him that whatever he finds is his.

— Aliens, le retour (1986)

Comment savez-vous que ça lui appartient ?

How do you know it belongs to him?

Il faut prendre à César tout ce qui ne lui appartient pas.

We must take from Caesar everything that does not belong to him.

Cette nouvelle voiture lui appartient.

This new car belongs to him.

La télé débute seulement, et l'avenir lui appartient.

Television is just getting started, and the future belongs to it.

— Moscou ne croit pas aux larmes (1980)

Et il donne ce qui ne lui appartient pas.

And he gives what does not belong to him.