Sentence examples of "il y a" in French

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Il y a une fête après le travail. There's a party after work.
Il y a un grand parking en face de la gare. There is a large parking lot in front of the station.
Il y a beaucoup en jeu. There's a lot on the line.
Il est parti il y a une heure. He left an hour ago.
Dans ce pays il y a quatre saisons. This country has four seasons.
Il y a six mois, j'ai eu une opération de la cataracte à l'œil droit. Six months ago I had an operation for the cataract in my right eye.
Il y a des chances pour qu'elle vive 100 ans. She is likely to live to be one hundred.
Il y a une augmentation rapide de la population mondiale. There is a rapid increase in world population.
Il y a eu un accident de la route ici. A traffic accident happened there.
Il y a un livre sur le bureau. There is a book on the desk.
Il y a beaucoup de moutons sous le canapé. There are a lot of dustballs under the couch.
On cache certaines informations aux patients, quand il y a un risque de les paniquer. Information is sometimes held back from patients when it is thought it might upset them.
J'ai attrapé un rhume il y a deux jours. I caught a cold two days ago.
Il y a un appel téléphonique pour toi de la part d'Akemi. There's a phone call for you from Akemi.
C'était il y a combien de temps ? How long ago was that?
Mon père est mort il y a trois ans, c'est-à-dire en 1977. My father died three years ago, that is to say in 1977.
Je n'arrive à étudier nulle part chez moi; il y a trop de bruit. I can't study anywhere in my house. It's too noisy.
Il y a une grève. There is a strike.
Il y a plus de nuages aujourd'hui qu'hier. There's more cloud today than yesterday.
Il y a six heures de route de Sofia à Varna. It is a six hours' drive from Sofia to Varna.
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