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pleuvoir
to rain
Pleuvoir is a French verb that means 'to rain'. It is an impersonal verb, which means it is used without a subject. For example, 'Il pleut' means 'It is raining'. Pleuvoir can also be used in the past tense, as in 'Il a plu hier' which means 'It rained yesterday'.
Example sentences using: pleuvoir
Il va pleuvoir demain.
It is going to rain tomorrow.
This sentence uses the future tense to indicate that it will rain in the future, specifically, tomorrow.
Il a commencé à pleuvoir.
It has started to rain.
This sentence uses the past tense to indicate that the event, the rain, started in the past.
Quand il commence à pleuvoir, je rentre à la maison.
When it starts to rain, I go home.
This sentence uses the present tense and actually relates two events together. When the first event (the start of rain) happens, the second event (I go home) happens.