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Elles auront faim si elles ne mangent pas.

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elles
     1. pron. they (female)
     2. pron. them (female)
     3. n. plural of elle
auront
     1. v. third-person plural future of avoir
     avoir
          1. n-m. asset, possession
          2. v. to have (to own; to possess)
          3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
          4. v. to have (a condition)
          5. v. to have (a measure or age)
          6. v. to have (to trick)
          7. v. to have (to participate in an experience)
          8. v. (indtr, à) to have (to), must +preo, à, infinitive
faim
     1. n-f. hunger (desire of food)
     2. n-f. hunger (strong desire)
avoir faim
     1. v. to be hungry
si
     1. conj. if, whether
     2. conj. if (assuming that)
     3. conj. even if
     4. conj. although, while
     5. interj. yes (used to contradict a negative statement)
     6. adv. so, such (intensifier)
     7. adv. (si + adjective/adverb + que ...) however (to whatever extent or degree)
     8. n-m. (music) si, the note 'B'
elles
     1. pron. they (female)
     2. pron. them (female)
     3. n. plural of elle
ne
     1. part. (literary) not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with only a few particular verbs: see usage notes)
     2. part. not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below)
     3. part. (Used in a subordinate clause before a subjunctive verb (especially when the main verb expresses doubt or fear), to provide extra overtones of doubt or uncertainty (but not negating its verb); the so-
     4. part. In comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative
mangent
     1. v. third-person plural present of manger
     manger
          1. v. to eat
          2. n-m. food, foodstuff
pas
     1. n-m. step, pace, footstep
     2. n-m. (geography) strait, pass
     3. n-m. thread, pitch (of a screw or nut)
     4. adv. The most common adverb of negation in French, typically translating into English as not, don't, doesn't, etc.




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