No. 4,947 in French

singes

Monkeys.

In a sentence

Les singes grimpent aux arbres dans la jungle.
The monkeys climb trees in the jungle.
In this sentence, 'singes' refers to the animal species monkeys, serving as the subject of the sentence.
Les singes peuvent être très intelligents.
Monkeys can be very intelligent.
Here, 'singes' again represents monkeys, focusing on their cognitive abilities, used as the subject.
J'ai vu des singes au zoo hier.
I saw monkeys at the zoo yesterday.
In this sentence, 'singes' is used in the context of animals observed, functioning as the object of the verb 'vu' (saw).

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