sa tombe

his/her grave

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phrase Uncommon #24,118

his/her grave The possessive sa agrees with tombe, not with the person who owns it; the phrase can mean “his grave” or “her grave.”

FR: Ils ont déposé des fleurs sur sa tombe.

EN: They laid flowers on his grave.

Je suis allée parler à ton frère sur sa tombe.

I went to talk to your brother at his grave.

— Peaky Blinders : L'Immortel (2026)

Et cette honte a emporté ma mère dans sa tombe.

And that shame took my mother to her grave.

— Insaisissables 3 (2025)

Ton père est systématiquement arraché à sa tombe.

Your father is systematically dragged from his grave.

— Le repentir (1987)

Il a emporté le joyau dans sa tombe.

He took the jewel to his grave.

— Wake Up Dead Man : Une histoire à couteaux tirés (2025)

Elle arrache mon père à sa tombe et je dois lui demander pardon ?

She pulls my father from his grave and I have to ask her for forgiveness?

— Le repentir (1987)

Et toi tu as envoyé ma mère dans sa tombe.

And you sent my mother to her grave.

— Insaisissables 3 (2025)

Je ne verrai jamais sa tombe !

I will never see his grave!

— La strada (1954)

En ce cas, nous ferons aussi un crochet par sa tombe.

In that case, we'll also make a detour to his grave.

— La Famille Tenenbaum (2001)

J'ai tellement honte que je n'ose même pas fleurir sa tombe.

I'm so ashamed that I don't even dare to lay flowers on their grave.

— Dans ses yeux (2009)

Un jour, on ira sur sa tombe.

One day, we will go to his grave.

— Le Tombeau des lucioles (1988)

C'est vrai qu'Agustina vient entretenir sa tombe ?

Is it true that Agustina comes to tend to her grave?

— Volver (2006)

Aravidzé ne perd rien pour attendre, il ne restera pas dans sa tombe.

Aravidzé won't lose anything by waiting; he won't stay in his grave.

— Le repentir (1987)

Il y avait des fleurs sur sa tombe.

There were flowers on his grave.

Goebbels se serait retourné dans sa tombe.

Goebbels would have turned in his grave.

— Il est de retour (2015)

J'ai ouvert sa tombe et je l'ai déterré mais je refuse d'y voir un délit.

I opened his grave and dug him up, but I refuse to see it as a crime.

— Le repentir (1987)

J'ai trouvé sa tombe.

I found his grave.

— Haider (2014)

Prêtez lui ce qu'il veut, qu'il creuse sa tombe !

Lend him whatever he wants—let him dig his own grave!

— God of Cookery (1996)

Des temples seront construits sur sa tombe.

Temples will be built over his grave.

— Rise Roar Revolt (RRR) (2022)