Usage examples of "sonna" in French with translation to English

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Je sortais juste lorsque le téléphone sonna. I was going out, when the telephone rang.
On sonna donc du cor. Dès que le peuple l'entendit, il poussa un formidable cri, et le rempart s'écroula sur place. Aussitôt, les Israélites s'élancèrent à l'assaut de la ville, chacun droit devant soi, et ils s'en emparèrent. Ils exterminèrent par l'épée pour les vouer à l'Éternel hommes et femmes, enfants et vieillards, taureaux, moutons et ânes: tout ce qui vivait dans la ville. When the trumpets sounded, the army shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the men gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed; so everyone charged straight in, and they took the city. They devoted the city to the LORD and destroyed with the sword every living thing in it—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.
La pendule sonna les dix coups. The clock struck ten.
Quelques minutes plus tard, le téléphone sonna. A few minutes later the telephone rang.
Il sonna la cloche de l'entrée. He rang the doorbell.
Le téléphone sonna quelques minutes plus tard. The telephone rang a few minutes later.
Alors que je déjeunais, le téléphone sonna. As I was having lunch, the phone rang.
Dès que je fus arrivé, le téléphone sonna. As soon as I got home, the telephone rang.
Il entra et, au même moment, la cloche sonna. He came in, and at the same time the bell rang.
Je m'apprêtais à partir quand le téléphone sonna. I was about to leave when the phone rang.
J'étais dans le bain quand le téléphone sonna. I was in the bath when the phone rang.
J'allais partir pour aller travailler lorsque le téléphone sonna. I was about to leave for work when the telephone rang.
J'étais sur le point de partir quand le téléphone sonna. I was just about to go out when the phone rang.
Mon père était sur le point de partir quand le téléphone sonna. My father was about to leave when the phone rang.
Il avait à peine fini son petit déjeuner quand le téléphone sonna. Hardly had he finished breakfast when the telephone rang.
J'étais juste sur le point de partir quand le téléphone sonna. I was just about to go out, when the bell rang.
J'étais sur le point de partir quand la cloche d'entrée sonna. I was about to leave when the doorbell rang.
Je venais à peine de rentrer dans mon bain quand le téléphone sonna. I had hardly got into the bath when the phone rang.
J'étais sur le point de quitter la maison quand le téléphone sonna. I was just about to leave the house when the telephone rang.
"Le téléphone sonne". "Je prends". "The phone is ringing." "I'll get it."
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