mais comment

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but how Used to express surprise, disbelief, or frustration while asking how something happened.
FR: Mais comment as-tu trouvé la réponse ?
EN: But how did you find the answer?

Mais comment est-ce possible?

But how is that possible?

Ce qui importe, ce n'est pas combien de temps nous vivons, mais comment.

What matters is not how long we live, but how we live.

Mais comment je vais payer tout ça?

But how am I going to pay for all this?

— Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers (2001)

Mais comment nous y opposer à présent, Monseigneur?

But how can we oppose it now, Your Grace?

— Henry V (1989)

Mais comment cette valise a atterri dans ton armoire?

But how did that suitcase end up in your wardrobe?

Mais comment il sait pour le trésor?

But how does he know about the treasure?

Mais comment peuvent-ils le faire?

But how can they do it?

Mais comment tu as fait pour me trouver?

But how did you manage to find me?

— Caché (2005)

Mais comment as-tu fait?

But how did you do it?

— Your Name. (2016)

Bien, mais comment?

Okay, but how?

— M le maudit (1931)

Mais comment la connaissez-vous?

But how do you know her?

— Rome, ville ouverte (1945)

Mais comment ont-ils su la trouver?

But how did they know where to find her?

Le problème, ce n'est pas ce que tu portes, mais comment tu le portes.

The problem isn’t what you wear, but how you wear it.

Mais comment saurait-il?

But how would he know?

— The Man from Earth (2007)

Mais comment expliquer autrement le coup de foudre?

But how else can we explain love at first sight?

— Don Juan DeMarco (1994)

Mais comment justifier l’utilisation de cette arme sur des êtres humains?

But how can the use of this weapon on human beings be justified?

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Mais comment on les distingue?

But how do you tell them apart?

— Printemps, été, automne, hiver... et printemps (2003)

Mais comment prouver ça?

But how can we prove that?

— Anatomie d'une chute (2023)

Mais comment tu sauras si tu en vois un?

But how will you know if you see one?

— Jojo Rabbit (2019)

Mais comment elle fait pour le riz, il faut de l'eau!

But how does she cook the rice? You need water!

— PIKU (2015)

Ce qui importe ce n'est pas ce que tu lis, mais comment tu lis.

What matters is not what you read, but how you read it.

Mais comment ils ont fait?

But how did they do it?

— Ouvre les yeux (1997)

Mais comment les trouver?

But how do we find them?

— Harry Potter et le Prince de sang-mêlé (2009)

Mais comment pourrions-nous assurer sa sécurité?

But how could we ensure his safety?

— Conclave (2024)

Mais comment tu as traversé?

But how did you get through?

— L’Enfance d’Ivan (1962)

Mais comment c'est possible?

But how is that possible?

— Heureux comme Lazzaro (2018)

Mais comment il connaissait par cœur tous les détails?

But how did he know all the details by heart?

— Memories of Murder (2003)

Mais comment peuvent-elles faire ça?

But how can they do that?

Il est majestueux, mais comment dire?

He is majestic, but how should I put it?

— Anaconda (2025)

Mais comment Borden a-t-il eu accès au dossier de sécurité d'Oppenheimer?

But how did Borden gain access to Oppenheimer’s security file?

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Mais comment vous savez que quelqu'un est venu?

But how do you know that someone has come?

Mais comment l'a-t-il su?

But how did he know?

— Akira (1988)

Mais comment on les ouvre?

But how do you open them?

— Le Cinquième Élément (1997)

Mais comment tu vis ta vie.

But how do you live your life?

— मुन्ना भाई एम बी बी एस (2003)

Mais comment en être sûr?

But how can we be sure?

Mais comment je pouvais abandonner?

But how could I give up?

— L'Ultime Héritier (2026)

Mais comment me procurer du sang humain sans tuer?

But how can I get human blood without killing?

— Thirst, ceci est mon sang (2009)

Mais comment pouvaient-ils faire cela?

But how could they do that?

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Mais comment tu fais ça toi?

But how do you do that?

— Grave (2017)

Mais comment?

But how?

— Paddington 2 (2017)

Mais comment il le sait?

But how does he know?

— Old Boy (2003)

Mais comment peuvent-ils faire cela?

But how can they do that?

Mais comment tu arrives à peindre avec des idées pareilles dans la tête?

But how do you manage to paint with ideas like that in your head?

— Andreï Roublev (1966)

Mais comment a-t-il fait?

But how did he do it?

Mais comment y parvenir?

But how can this be achieved?

— Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers (2001)

Mais comment l'en empêcher?

But how can we stop him?

— Henry V (1989)

Mais comment on va aller de là à ?

But how are we going to get from here to there?

Mais comment rire quand on est tendu?

But how can you laugh when you're tense?

— मुन्ना भाई एम बी बी एस (2003)

Oui, mais comment?

Yes, but how?