Grammatical class

Verb

songer

(intransitive, literary, with de) to dream

Details

Syllables

son-ger

Phonetics

sɔ̃.ʒe

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

2914

Freq. (movies)

5925

Freq. (news)

15471

Sentences

Nous aurions dû y songer avant.

We should have thought of this before.

A1

Tu dois songer à tes vieux parents à la maison.

You must think of your old parents at home.

A1

Elle fit de son mieux pour ne jamais songer à lui.

She did her best never to think of him.

A1

L'univers m'embarrasse et je ne puis songer que cette horloge existe et n'ait pas d'horloger.

The universe confuses me and I cannot imagine how this clockwork can exist without a clockmaker.

A1

Quant à moi, je suis tout joyeux quand je songe que tu es à moi

As for me, I am so happy when I imagine you are mine.

A2

Je vais y songer.

I'm going to sleep on it.

A2

Il va me falloir y songer.

I'm going to have to think about that one.

A2

Peux-tu songer à une meilleure façon ?

Can you think of a better way?

B1

Je te prie de ne pas y songer de cette manière.

Please don't think of it that way.

B1

Je ne veux même pas songer à ce qui pourrait arriver.

I don't even want to think about what could happen.

B1

Je ne pourrais pas songer à quoi que ce soit de mieux que ça.

I couldn't think of anything better than that.

B1

Ils refusèrent de songer à partir.

They refused to think of leaving.

B2