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naître

to be born

verb neh-truh Less Common
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Usage Note

Naître is always conjugated with être in compound tenses: je suis né(e) ('I was born'). The past participle né agrees in gender and number with the subject. A common learner error is to use avoir instead. The related noun naissance means 'birth'.

Examples

"Il est né un jour de tempête en janvier."

Natural Translation

He was born on a stormy day in January.

Literal Translation

He is born one day of storm in January

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