il mangea

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m ɑ̃ . ʒ a → manger
mange eat + a 3rd person singular past
verb · third singular · past indicative Uncommon #11,250
ate Literary past tense (passé simple), used mainly in written storytelling.
FR: Il mangea une pomme et partit.
EN: He ate an apple and left.
Conjugation of manger
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First mangeai
Third mangea mangèrent

L'homme mangea du pain.

The man ate some bread.

Thomas prit quelques baies et les mangea.

Thomas took some berries and ate them.

Tom avait si faim qu'il mangea de la nourriture pour chien.

Tom was so hungry that he ate dog food.

Tom mangea le reste de la pizza.

Tom ate the rest of the pizza.

Ziri mangea des poires.

Ziri ate pears.

Comme il n'avait aucune possibilité de faire du feu, il mangea le poisson cru.

Since he had no way to make a fire, he ate the fish raw.

Ziri mangea des groseilles.

Ziri ate gooseberries.

Personne ne mangea le gâteau.

Nobody ate the cake.

Elle mangea des tomates.

She ate tomatoes.

Il mangea le steak et en commanda un autre.

He ate the steak and ordered another.

Ziri mangea de la fraise.

Ziri ate strawberry.

Le loup mangea le roi.

The wolf ate the king.

Tom mangea mon déjeuner.

Tom ate my lunch.

Ziri mangea des pommes de terre.

Ziri ate potatoes.

Un oiseau mangea dans sa main et tomba par terre.

A bird ate from his hand and fell to the ground.

— Night Watch (2004)

Tom mangea beaucoup plus que moi.

Tom ate much more than me.

Jim mangea trois pommes et dit qu'il pourrait en manger encore autant.

Jim ate three apples and said he could eat just as many more.

Ziri mangea des mandarines.

Ziri ate tangerines.

Personne ne mangea quoi que ce soit.

No one ate anything.

Le vieil homme mangea de la bouillie de riz.

The old man ate rice porridge.

Elle mangea son souper.

She ate her supper.

Il mangea peu, pour laisser quelque chose pour le petit déjeuner.

He ate little, to leave something for breakfast.

Ziri mangea de la pizza.

Ziri ate pizza.

Tom mangea plus que Mary.

Tom ate more than Mary.

Ziri mangea du pain.

Ziri ate bread.

Un crocodile mangea un chien.

A crocodile ate a dog.

Durant trois semaines, il ne mangea rien du tout.

For three weeks he ate nothing at all.

Tom mangea le peu de nourriture qu'il lui restait.

Tom ate the little food he had left.

Ziri mangea des oranges.

Ziri ate oranges.

Bob mangea l'escargot, puis vomit.

Bob ate the snail, then vomited.

Il mangea toute la pomme.

He ate the whole apple.

Ziri mangea de la viande.

Ziri ate meat.

Il mangea du sable.

He ate sand.

Ziri mangea de la confiture.

Ziri ate jam.

Tom mangea une soupe aux nouilles.

Tom ate noodle soup.

Ziri mangea.

Ziri ate.

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