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Everything about the French quote "J'ai sommeil"

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French to English translation

How to pronounce

Slow pronunciation

Normal pronunciation

Example in a story with translation

Now, let’s see a complete example of this phrase in a story with slow French audio and the English translation below.

Retour au travail

Back to work

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Après ses vacances, Brigitte revint à Paris et retourna au travail.

After her vacation, Brigitte returned to Paris and went back to work.

Elle était manager dans une banque.

She was a manager in a bank.

Elle se réveilla tôt le matin, mangea un petit déjeuner, s’habilla et partit.

She woke up early in the morning, ate breakfast, got dressed and left.

C’était une belle matinée, il faisait bon, le soleil brillait et les oiseaux chantaient.

It was a beautiful morning, the weather was nice, the sun was shining and the birds singing.

Brigitte bailla et se dirigea vers la station de métro la plus proche.

Brigitte yawned and walked toward the nearest metro station.