Usages of cinq
Vous avez quatre pommes ou cinq oranges ?
Do you have four apples or five oranges?
Il y a cinq livres sur la table.
There are five books on the table.
Il y a trente-cinq clients dans le restaurant.
There are 35 clients in the restaurant.
Il est cinq heures et demie.
It is half past five.
Il est sept heures moins cinq.
It is five to seven.
Elles jouent du violon depuis l'âge de cinq ans.
They (fem.) have been playing the violin since the age of five.
Le spectacle va commencer dans cinq minutes.
The show is going to start in five minutes.
Attends au moins cinq minutes.
Wait at least five minutes.
Nous skions jusqu'à cinq heures.
We ski until five o'clock.
On s'échauffe, l'étape commence dans cinq minutes !
We are warming up, the stage starts in five minutes!
Il a fait trois kilomètres en cinq minutes.
He did three kilometers in five minutes.
Le vainqueur arrive dans cinq minutes.
The winner arrives in five minutes.
Tu vas pédaler avec le peloton dans cinq minutes.
You are going to pedal with the peloton in five minutes.
Ils construisent un pilier de cinq mètres de haut.
They are building a pillar five meters high.
Nous avons reçu vingt maquettes, dont cinq sont écartées.
We received twenty scale models, five of which are discarded.
Voici les cinq finalistes, dont deux ont un croquis intéressant !
Here are the five finalists, two of whom have an interesting sketch!
La présélection contient dix croquis, dont cinq vont être écartés demain.
The shortlist contains ten sketches, five of which are going to be discarded tomorrow.
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