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il voulut

wanted

→ vouloir
voul to want + ut 3rd-person singular past tense
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Uncommon #15,565
wanted This is a literary past-tense form, used mainly in written narratives; everyday speech usually uses a different form.
FR: Il voulut partir tôt.
EN: He wanted to leave early.
Conjugation of vouloir
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First voulus —
Second voulus —
Third voulut —

Elle ne voulut pas y penser.

She refused to think about it.

Le magicien voulut s'en emparer.

The magician wanted to get his hands on it.

— Paddington 2 (2017)

Et personne ne voulut céder le passage.

And no one wanted to yield the right of way.

— Night Watch (2004)

Il promit tout ce qu'elle voulut.

He promised her everything she wanted.

Il voulut que Yu, sa concubine, parte, mais elle resta.

He wanted Yu, his concubine, to leave, but she stayed.

— Adieu ma concubine (1993)

Il dut l'entendre, car il voulut passer de force.

He must have heard it, because he tried to force his way through.

Il voulut te rencontrer.

He wanted to meet you.

Elle ne voulut pas vendre le livre.

She did not want to sell the book.

Elle ne voulut pas qu'il joue au poker.

She didn't want him to play poker.

Elle ne voulut pas vendre l'ouvrage.

She refused to sell the book.

Elle voulut gagner sa vie.

She wanted to earn a living.

— 2046 (2004)

Il ne voulut pas danser avec moi.

He refused to dance with me.

Elle voulut se protéger.

She wanted to protect herself.

— L'Accusé (2017)

Après avoir violé ma femme, le bandit voulut la consoler.

After raping my wife, the bandit wanted to comfort her.

— Rashōmon (1950)

Il voulut y monter.

He wanted to climb up there.

Il tenta de faire fuir son cheval, mais il ne voulut pas partir.

He tried to make his horse run away, but it wouldn't leave.

— Adieu ma concubine (1993)

Elle voulut me rencontrer.

She wanted to meet me.

Dan ne voulut pas croire que Linda avait fait ça.

Dan refused to believe that Linda had done that.

Il se sentit vraiment faible et ne voulut pas se lever.

He felt really weak and didn't want to get up.

— It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)

Elle ne voulut pas qu'il quitte la pièce.

She didn't want him to leave the room.

Elle le tint fermement et ne voulut jamais lâcher.

She held him tightly and never wanted to let go.

Elle fut choquée mais voulut voir par elle-même.

She was shocked but wanted to see for herself.

— Suzhou River (2000)

Il voulut vous rencontrer.

He wanted to meet you.

Un jour, elle voulut son cercueil.

One day, she wanted her coffin.

— Entretien avec un vampire (1994)

Elle voulut absolument rester après le match.

She absolutely wanted to stay after the match.

— Les Anges déchus (1995)

Il ne voulut pas vendre le livre.

He refused to sell the book.

Elle ne le voulut point.

She didn't want it.

À l'aube, Hutter voulut donner un sens à l'horreur de ses nuits.

At dawn, Hutter tried to make sense of the horrors of his nights.

— Nosferatu (1922)

Il voulut obtenir du directeur un ordre d'arrestation contre le sieur Fogg.

He wanted to obtain an arrest warrant for Mr. Fogg from the director.

Il voulut alors rencontrer des adversaires.

He then wanted to meet some opponents.

— Ong-Bak (2003)