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pauvre

pauvre
poor
From Lesson 131:Past impersonal verbs (il y avait, il fallait)·French

Usages of pauvre

Il y avait des paysans pauvres dans mon village.
There were poor peasants in my village.
Il y avait un roi riche et un paysan pauvre.
There was a rich king and a poor peasant.
Il était trop pauvre pour se voir accorder cette hypothèque.
He was too poor to be granted this mortgage.
Impuissant, le pauvre garçon s'acharne pour obtenir sa friandise.
Helpless, the poor boy struggles to get his treat.

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