Sentence examples of "devait" in French
Il devait dîner avec nous, mais il est tombé malade soudainement.
He was to have dined with us, but he became seriously sick all of a sudden.
En gros, il devait y avoir une trentaine de personnes dans le bus.
Roughly speaking, there were about 30 people in the bus.
Quel gâchis ce serait si Tatoeba ne devait lier rien d'autre que des phrases.
What a waste it would be if Tatoeba were to link nothing but sentences.
Même si elle devait passer, dis-lui que je ne suis pas à la maison.
Even if she comes to see me, tell her I am not at home.
Si quelqu'un devait demander quel est le but de l'histoire, je ne saurais vraiment pas.
If anyone was to ask what the point of the story is, I really don't know.
J'ai trouvé la phrase japonaise bizarre, mais, comme elle a été écrite par un Japonais, j'ai pensé qu'elle devait être correcte.
I found the Japanese sentence weird but, as it was written by a Japanese, I thought that it was to be correct.
Par exemple, dans les affaires de mon père, la planification des ventes et des achats était très importante, et il devait parfois écrire ou dire à ses collègues, "il y a un afflux", sans entrer dans le détail.
For instance, in my father's business the timing of sales and purchases was very important, and he would sometimes write or say to his colleagues "There is a tide," without going into detail.
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