Grammatical class

Adjective

vieux

old

Details

Syllables

vieux

Phonetics

vjø

Grammatical class

Adjective

Freq. (books)

423

Freq. (movies)

468

Freq. (news)

1560

Variants

Sentences

C'est vieux.

It's old.

A1

Tu es vieux.

You're old.

A1

Je suis vieux.

I'm old.

A1

Tom est vieux.

Tom is old.

A1

Je suis déjà vieux.

I am already old.

A2

Il était très vieux.

He was very old.

A2

Il est vieux.

He is old.

B1

Ne riez pas des vieux.

Don't make fun of old people.

B1

Il devint vieux et gras.

He got old and fat.

B1

De vieux amis m'ont requis.

Old friends called on me.

B1

Au temps de sa pire misère, il remarquait que les jeunes filles se retournaient quand il passait, et il se sauvait ou se cachait, la mort dans l’âme. Il pensait qu’elles le regardaient pour ses vieux habits et qu’elles en riaient, le fait est qu’elles le regardaient pour sa grâce et qu’elles en rêvaient.

At the period of his most abject misery, he had observed that young girls turned round when he passed by, and he fled or hid, with death in his soul. He thought that they were staring at him because of his old clothes, and that they were laughing at them; the fact is, that they stared at him because of his grace, and that they dreamed of him.

B2

Le vieux chien aboya.

The old dog barked.

B2