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No. 10,918 in French

parlés

"Parlés" means "spoken" in English.

In a sentence

  • Les mots parlés hier étaient très significatifs.

    The words spoken yesterday were very meaningful.

    In this sentence, 'parlés' is used as a past participle of 'parler', describing the words that were spoken (passive use).

  • Ils ont différencié les dialectes parlés dans cette région.

    They differentiated the dialects spoken in this region.

    'Parlés' here describes dialects that are being/were spoken, again acting as a past participle in a passive construction.

  • Vous avez compris les sujets parlés lors de la réunion ?

    Did you understand the topics spoken about during the meeting?

    The word 'parlés' refers to topics that were discussed or spoken about in the meeting, functioning in a passive sense as topics 'spoken about'.

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