il sonna

rang

→ sonner
sonn ring; sound + a 3rd person singular past
verb · third singular · past indicative Rare #36,677
rang Simple past (passé simple), used mainly in written storytelling; in conversation you usually use “a sonné”.
FR: À midi, la cloche sonna.
EN: At noon, the bell rang.
Conjugation of sonner
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third sonna

L'alarme sonna et tout le monde dut évacuer.

The alarm rang, and everyone had to evacuate.

Mon téléphone sonna à nouveau.

My phone rang again.

Il entra et, au même moment, la cloche sonna.

He entered and at the same moment the bell rang.

Yanni sonna.

Yanni rang.

J'étais sur le point de partir quand la cloche d'entrée sonna.

I was about to leave when the doorbell rang.

L'alarme incendie sonna.

The fire alarm went off.

La cloche sonna.

The bell rang.