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Je croyais qu'il était mort, mais il est encore vivant.

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je
     1. pron. I
croyais
     1. v. first-person singular imperfect indicative of croire
     2. v. second-person singular imperfect indicative of croire
     croire
          1. v. to believe (someone)
          2. v. to believe, to accept as true (+preo, à, something)
          3. v. to believe, to have faith + en (object) = in
          4. v. to think of oneself as, to consider oneself as
que
     1. conj. that (introduces a subordinate noun clause and connects it to its parent clause)
     2. conj. Substitutes for another, previously stated conjunction.
     3. conj. when, no sooner
     4. conj. (Links two noun phrases in apposition forming a clause without a (finite) verb, such that the complement acts as predicate.)
     5. conj. introduces a comparison
     6. conj.          (comparisons of superiority or inferiority) than
     7. conj.          (comparisons of equality) as
     8. conj. (used with ne) only, just; but, nothing but
     9. conj. how (in rhetorical interjections)
     10. pron. (tlb, interrogative)
     11. pron. (slightly formal, accusative) (The inanimate direct-object interrogative pronoun.)
     12. pron. (slightly formal, nominative) (The inanimate subject or predicative interrogative pronoun.)
     13. pron. (accusative, relative) (The direct object relative pronoun.)
il
     1. pron. he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject)
     2. pron. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects)
     3. pron. (impersonal pronoun) Impersonal subject; it
était
     1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of être
     être
          1. v. to be
          2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs)
          3. v. (semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice)
          4. n-m. being, creature
          5. n-m. being, the state or fact of existence
mort
     1. Participle. past participle of mourir
     2. adj. dead
     3. n-m. dead person
     4. n-f. death
     mourir
          1. v. to die; to be dying
          2. v. (figuratively, with "de") to be dying (of)
          3. v. to be dying
mais
     1. conj. but, although
     2. interj. an expression of surprise, disbelief, or frustration roughly equivalent to the English well, or sometimes yeah
     3. n. plural of mai
il
     1. pron. he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject)
     2. pron. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects)
     3. pron. (impersonal pronoun) Impersonal subject; it
est
     1. adj. east
     2. n-m. east
     3. v. third-person singular present indicative of être
     être
          1. v. to be
          2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs)
          3. v. (semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice)
          4. n-m. being, creature
          5. n-m. being, the state or fact of existence
encore
     1. adv. still
     2. adv. more
     3. adv. again
     4. adv. (after the adverb pas) yet, not yet
vivant
     1. adj. alive
     2. adj. living
     3. Participle. present participle of vivre
     4. n-m. living person
     5. n-m. lifetime
     6. n-m. all living things
     vivre
          1. v. to live
          2. v. to experience




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