Š |
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quelque |
1. det. some (singular) | |
un |
1. art. an, a | |
2. num. number box, fr | |
3. num. one | |
4. pron. one, someone | |
5. n-m. one (the number or figure) | |
aurait |
1. v. third-person singular conditional of avoir | |
avoir |
1. n-m. asset, possession | |
2. v. to have (to own; to possess) | |
J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars. - I would like to have 20 dollars. | |
3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs) | |
J'ai parlé. - I have spoken, I spoke. | |
Qu'est-ce que vous m'avez fait ? - What have you done to me? | |
4. v. to have (a condition) | |
J'ai faim. - I have hunger. | |
J'ai soif. - I have thirst. | |
J'ai froid. - I have cold. | |
J'ai chaud. - I have hot. | |
J'ai la chiasse. - I have the shits. | |
J'ai le rhume. - I have a cold. | |
J'ai le SIDA. - I have AIDS. | |
J'ai de la fiĂšvre. - I've got a fever. | |
5. v. to have (a measure or age) | |
Elle a 19 ans. - She has 19 years. | |
6. v. to have (to trick) | |
Tu t'es fait avoir. - You've been had. | |
7. v. to have (to participate in an experience) | |
avoir des relations sexuelles - to have sexual relations | |
8. v. (indtr, Ă ) to have (to), must +preo, Ă , infinitive | |
J'ai Ă vous parler. - I have to talk to you. | |
dit |
1. Participle. past participle of dire | |
Il a dit son nom. - He said his name. | |
2. Participle. (in names) Indicating a surname used as a family name. | |
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of dire | |
4. v. third-person singular past historic of dire | |
« Je m'appelle Paul, » dit-il. - âMy name is Paul,â he said. | |
dire |
1. v. to say, to tell | |
2. v. (informal) to be of interest to, to interest +preo, Ă , someone | |
Ăa te dit de regarder un film de science-fiction? - Do you want to watch a science fiction movie? What do you say to watching a science fiction movie? | |
Ăa vous dit ? - Are you interested in doing this? Are you up for it? | |
Il m'a demandé si ça nous dirait de nous joindre à eux plus tard. - He asked me if we'd like to join them later. | |
Ăa ne me dit trop rien d'y aller. - I don't really want to go there. | |
3. v. (informal) to sound familiar +preo, Ă , someone | |
Ăa me dit quelque chose. - It rings a bell. | |
Ăa ne me dit rien. - It doesn't ring a bell. | |
4. n-m. saying (that which is said) | |
5. n-m. belief, opinion | |
aux |
1. contraction. Contraction of Ă + les ('to the' or 'of the') | |
Ă |
1. Notes. In Canada, Ă and a are not homophones, Ă a, a ÉË. | |
2. prep. to (destination) | |
aller au bout - go to the end / go all the way | |
Je vais Ă Paris. - I am going to Paris. | |
3. prep. to (until) | |
Le spectacle sera de 18h Ă 21h. - The show will be from 6 pm to 9 pm. | |
4. prep. on the, to (some directions) | |
Tournez Ă gauche ! - Turn to the left! | |
Ne tournez pas encore Ă droite ! - Don't turn to the right yet! | |
Le vent vire au nord. - The wind turns north. | |
L'Ă©cole est Ă gauche. - The school is on the left. | |
5. prep. at (said of a particular time) | |
Ă dix heures et quart - at quarter past ten | |
Je pars à cinq heures précises. - I am leaving at exactly five o'clock. | |
6. prep. at, in, on (said of a particular place) | |
Ă la maison - at home | |
Ă l'hĂŽtel - at the hotel | |
au comptoir du bar - at the bar | |
au bois - in the woods | |
J'habite Ă un demi-kilomĂštre d'ici. - I live half a kilometer from here. | |
La maison qui a été détruite hier soir ne se trouvait qu'à trois kilomÚtres de chez nous. - The house that was destroyed last night was only three kilometers from our place.à trois kilomÚtres d | |
7. prep. Used in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations | |
au voleur ! - stop thief! | |
Ă l'assassin ! - murderer! | |
au meurtre ! - murder! murderer! | |
Ă moi ! - help! | |
Ă l'aide ! - help! | |
au secours ! - help! | |
au feu ! - fire! | |
aux armes ! - to arms! | |
Ă l'attaque ! - attack! forward! charge! up and at 'em! | |
Ă l'abordage ! - on board! | |
au boulot ! - get to work! let's get to work! | |
au travail ! - get to work! let's get to work! | |
8. prep. from (origin) | |
Nous prenons de l'eau au puits. - We get water from the well. | |
Je l'ai eu Ă la bibliothĂšque. - I got it from the library. | |
Voilà la femme à laquelle j'ai acheté mon chien - There's the woman I bought my dog from. | |
9. prep. of (belonging to) | |
C'est un ami Ă moi. - This is a friend of mine. | |
Cette voiture est Ă John. - This is John's car. | |
le chien Ă Marie - Mary's dog nonstandard: one normally would use de here | |
10. prep. till, until (used in farewells) | |
Ă plus tard - see you later | |
Ă bientĂŽt - see you soon | |
Salut, donc. Ă demain. - Bye, then. 'Til tomorrow / see you tomorrow. | |
11. prep. (cuisine) cooked in or with | |
12. prep. Used to make compound nouns to state what something is used for | |
moulin Ă poivre - pepper mill | |
sac Ă dos - backpack | |
boite Ă musique - music box | |
13. prep. (before an infinitive) to (used to express something not completed) | |
l'Ă©quipe Ă battre - the team to beat | |
Il n'y a jamais grand-chose Ă faire par ici. - There's never much to do around here. | |
LĂ oĂč tu ne vois pas grand-chose, je ne trouve qu'une grande abondance de choses qui restent Ă faire. - Where you see nothing great, I only see a great abundance of things that need doing. | |
Il reste deux tĂąches Ă finir. - There are two things left to finish. | |
Il y a de la biĂšre Ă boire. - There's some beer to drink. | |
14. prep. Used to describe a part of something, often translated into English as a compound adjective | |
un animal Ă quatre pattes - a four-legged animal | |
une femme au visage pĂąle - a pale-faced woman | |
un homme Ă longue barbe - a long-bearded man â a man with a long beard | |
une chemise Ă manches courtes - a short-sleeved shirt | |
une maison aux murs de brique - a brick-walled house / a house with brick walls | |
15. prep. by | |
peu Ă peu - bit by bit | |
petit Ă petit - little by little | |
minute Ă minute - minute by minute | |
jour Ă jour - day by day | |
un Ă un - one by one | |
16. prep. or, to (used to express an approximate number) | |
six Ă sept personnes - six or seven people | |
de vingt Ă trente ans - from twenty to thirty years | |
tous les cinq Ă six ans - every five or six years | |
17. prep. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb. | |
mettre le feu Ă - to set fire to | |
clouer le bec Ă - to shut (someone) up | |
donner la chasse Ă - to give chase to | |
18. prep. with | |
les |
1. art. plural of le: the | |
2. art. plural of la: the | |
3. pron. plural of le: them | |
4. pron. plural of la: them | |
parents |
1. n. plural of parent | |
parent |
1. n-m. relative, relation, family member | |
Nous devons toujours ĂȘtre aux cĂŽtĂ©s de nos parents et de nos amis. - We must always stand by our family and our friends. | |
2. n-m. (Louisiana French, in the singular) parent | |
3. n-m. (in the plural) ancestors | |
4. n-m. (especially, in the plural) parents | |
5. adj. related | |
6. adj. similar | |
7. v. third-person plural present of parer | |
du |
1. contraction. contraction of de + le (t=of the) | |
« Eussent » est la troisiÚme personne du pluriel de l'imparfait du subjonctif de « avoir ». - "Eussent" is the third-person plural imperfect subjunctive form of "avoir.". | |
2. contraction. , translation=The bulge gives 9nine liters more than the point which corresponds to that of the diameter of the base indicated by the gauge (...) | |
3. art. Forms the partitive article. | |
Il mange du pain. - He eats bread. / He eats some bread. | |
de |
1. prep. of (expresses belonging) | |
Paris est la capitale de la France. - Paris is the capital of France. | |
2. prep. of (used to express property or association) | |
Ćuvres de Fermat - Fermatâs Works | |
Elle est la femme de mon ami. - She is my friendâs wife. | |
le voisin de Gabriel - Gabriel's neighbor | |
3. prep. from (used to indicate origin) | |
Elle vient de France. - She comes from France. | |
Ătes-vous de Suisse ? - Are you from Switzerland? | |
Ce fromage vient dâEspagne. - This cheese is from Spain. | |
Câest de lâouest de la France. - Itâs from the west of France. | |
Le train va de Paris Ă Bordeaux. - The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux. | |
4. prep. of (indicates an amount) | |
5 kilos de pommes. - 5 kilograms of apples. | |
Un verre de vin - A glass of wine | |
Une portion de frites - A portion of fries | |
5. prep. used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word | |
Un jus de pomme - Apple juice | |
Un verre de vin - A glass of wine | |
Une boĂźte de nuit - A nightclub | |
Un chien de garde - A guarddog | |
Une voiture de sport - A sportscar | |
Un stade de football - A football stadium | |
6. prep. from (used to indicate the start of a time or range) | |
De 9:00 Ă 11:00 je ne serai pas libre. - From 9 to 11 I wonât be free. | |
Je travaille de huit heures Ă midi. - I work from 8 o'clock to noon. | |
un groupe de cinq Ă huit personnes - a group of from five to eight people | |
7. prep. used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive | |
Jâai arrĂȘtĂ© de fumer. - I stopped smoking. | |
Il continue de mâembĂȘter. - He keeps annoying me. | |
Elle mâa dit de venir. - She told me to come. | |
Nous vous exhortons de venir. - We urge you to come. | |
8. prep. by (indicates the amount of change) | |
Boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20 % les risques de contracter une maladie. - Drinking three cups a day would reduce the risks of catching an illness by 20%. | |
9. art. Used in the plural with prepositioned adjectives. | |
Ce sont de bons enfants. - They are good children. | |
Il y a dâautres exemples. - There are other examples. | |
10. art. Used in negated sentences with the grammatical object. | |
Elle nâa pas de mĂšre. - She doesnât have a mother. | |
Il ne mange pas de viande. - He doesnât eat meat. | |
Il nây a pas de problĂšmes. - There are no problems. | |
11. n-f. abbreviation of dame | |
le |
1. art. the (definite article) | |
Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning. | |
2. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English. | |
L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind. | |
3. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc. | |
Il sâest cassĂ© la jambe. - He has broken his leg. | |
4. art. (before units) a, an | |
Cinquante kilomĂštres Ă lâheure. - fifty kilometres an hour | |
5. pron. (direct object) him, it | |
OĂč est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas. - Where is Malik? I don't see him. | |
Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture. - My bag? I'm going to put it in the car. | |
6. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English | |
Je suis petit et lui, il lâest aussi. - ... and he is it too | |
gamin |
1. n-m. (dated) street urchin, street kid | |
2. n-m. (colloquial) kid | |
3. adj. mischievous, naughty | |
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c'est |
1. contraction. it is (used to define the preceding word) | |
Le temps, c'est de l'argent. - Time is money. | |
2. contraction. it is (used to introduce a focus) | |
3. contraction. this is | |
ce |
1. det. this, that | |
2. pron. (subject of ĂȘtre, with predicative adjectives or relative clauses, singular only) it, this, that (see § Usage notes, below) | |
C'est beau ! - It is beautiful! | |
est-ce que...? - is it that...? | |
ce dont je parlais - that which I was speaking of | |
C'eût été avec plaisir, mais... - It would have been with pleasure, but... | |
C'eût été dommage... - It would have been a pity... | |
3. pron. (subject of ĂȘtre, with predicate nouns) he, she, it, this, that | |
C'est un/une célébrité. - He/she is a celebrity. | |
Ce sont des célébrités. - These are celebrities. | |
Ce sont des gens bien. - These are good people. | |
ce semble - it seems | |
ce peuvent ĂȘtre... - these may be... | |
est |
1. adj. east | |
2. n-m. east | |
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of ĂȘtre | |
ĂȘtre |
1. v. to be | |
Vous devez ĂȘtre plus clairs. - You must be clearer. | |
2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs) | |
AprĂšs ĂȘtre allĂ© au yoga, je suis rentrĂ© chez moi. - After having gone to yoga, I came back home. | |
3. v. (semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice) | |
Il peut ĂȘtre battu ce soir. - He can be beaten this evening. | |
4. n-m. being, creature | |
5. n-m. being, the state or fact of existence | |
bien |
1. adj. good, all right, great | |
2. adj. good looking, nice | |
3. adv. well | |
Ăa va bien ? - It goes well? | |
Il joue vraiment bien au football. - He plays soccer really well. | |
4. adv. indeed; so | |
Bien, on peut partir maintenant ? - So, can we leave now? | |
5. adv. (followed by de, des, or du) a lot (of) | |
Macy Gray a traversé bien des épreuves. - Macy Gray got through a lot of ordeals. | |
6. adv. very; really | |
C'est bien aimable Ă vous. - it's very considerate of you. | |
C'est bien beau, mais... - It's all very well, but... | |
Je te trouve bien silencieux aujourd'hui. - You seem very quiet today. | |
Il est bien moche, ce type. Ce type est vraiment moche. - That guy is really ugly. | |
7. adv. (in comparisons) much (more, less, better, etc.) | |
Jérémie est bien plus fort que moi. - Jérémie is much stronger than me. | |
bien meilleur que ... - much better than ..., much better than ... | |
8. n-m. good as opposed to evil | |
9. n-m. a commodity, a good | |
10. n-m. a possession | |
fait |
1. n-m. fact | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of faire | |
3. Participle. past participle of faire | |
4. adj. done | |
5. adj. cut out | |
Je ne suis vraiment pas fait pour l'escalade. | |
faire |
1. v. to do | |
faire la vaisselle - to do the washing-up. | |
Qu'est-ce que tu fais ? - What are you doing? | |
Fais pas ça. - Don't do that. | |
2. v. to make | |
faire une erreur - to make a mistake. | |
faire un voyage - to take a trip | |
3. v. to say (of a person), to go (of an animal) | |
"Je t'aime," fit-il. - "I love you," he said. | |
Le chat fait "miaou". - The cat goes "meow". | |
4. v. to make (cause someone or something to do something) | |
Tu me fais rire. - You make me laugh. | |
La chanson me fait pleurer. - The song makes me cry. | |
5. v. to act like (something) | |
Fais pas ton innocent avec moi. - Don't act like you're so innocent around me./Don't give me that innocent act. | |
6. v. (impersonal) to be (of the weather or various situations) | |
Il fait chaud/froid/noir/beau dehors. - It is hot/cold/dark/nice outside. | |
Ăa fait dix ans que nous nous connaissons. - We have known each other for ten years. | |
Ăa fait bizarre. - That seems/looks bizarre; that gives a bizarre effect/appearance/result. | |
Ăa fait trĂšs monsieur, ta cravate. - Your tie makes you look like a real gentleman. | |
7. v. to do, to make (oneself) | |
Elle se fait les ongles. - She is doing her nails. | |
8. v. to be, to get (used for a passive action) | |
se faire piquer - to be stung | |
Je me suis fait avoir. - I got screwed. | |
Est-ce que tu t'es fait couper les cheveux ? - Did you get your hair cut? | |
9. v. to ripen (of fruit), to mature | |
10. v. to become used to, to get used to | |
Je ne m'y suis toujours pas fait. - I still haven't got used to it. | |
11. v. (slang) to do (to have sex with) | |
12. v. (informal, intransitive) to defecate; (metaphorically) to shit oneself (to be terrified) | |
L'enfant a fait dans son pantalon. - The child soiled his trousers. | |
Ils viennent d'entendre les nouvelles et ils font dans leur culotte. - They've just heard the news and they're shitting themselves. | |
13. v. to become, to get | |
bien fait |
un travail bien fait - a job well done | |
1. adj. good-looking, attractive | |
une fille bien faite | |
2. adj. good | |
un cĆur bien fait | |
un esprit bien fait | |
une tĂȘte bien faite | |
3. interj. (informal) (An exclamation that a bad thing happened to someone who deserved it.) | |
bien fait ! - serves him right! | |
bien fait pour toi ! - serves you right! | |
bien fait pour ta gueule ! dans ta gueule ! - in your face! | |
pour |
1. prep. for (meant for, intended for) (followed by a noun or pronoun) | |
J'ai un cadeau pour toi. - I've got a gift for you. | |
2. prep. for (in support of) | |
Pourquoi voter pour lui ? - Why did you vote for him? | |
3. prep. for (as a consequence for) | |
Il faut le punir pour ses crimes. - He must be punished for his crimes. | |
4. prep. for (an intended destination) | |
SĂ©bastien est parti pour Londres. - SĂ©bastien left for London. | |
5. prep. to (to bring about an intended result) (followed by a verb in the infinitive) | |
Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir. - I want to sing to make you come back. | |
6. prep. for, to (according to) | |
Pour moi, ce film est trop irréaliste. - For me, this film is too unrealistic. | |
vous |
1. pron. the plural personal pronoun in the second person: | |
2. pron. (subject pronoun) you (all). | |
Vous allez - You (all) go. | |
3. pron. (direct object pronoun) you (all). | |
Je vous adore. - I love you (all). | |
4. pron. you, to you (indirect object pronoun): | |
Je vous donnerai mon adresse. - I will give you my address / I will give my address to you. | |
5. pron. (formal, polite) plural or singular personal pronoun in the second person: | |
Monsieur, je ne peux pas vous le dire - Sir, I cannot tell you. | |
si |
1. conj. if, whether | |
Je me demande si elle sera seule. - I wonder if she'll be alone. | |
Je veux savoir si tu viendras ou non. - I want to know if you're coming or not. | |
2. conj. if (assuming that) | |
Si j'avais ses pouvoirs, je crĂ©erais un monde oĂč le mal n'existe pas. - If I had his power, I'd create a world where evil didn't exist. | |
Si tu n'avais pas appelé, je serais morte. - If you hadn't called, I'd be dead. | |
3. conj. even if | |
4. conj. although, while | |
5. interj. yes (used to contradict a negative statement) | |
Tu ne mâaimes pas, nâest-ce pas ? â Si ! - You donât like me, do you? â Yes, I do! | |
Moi, je n'ai rien fait ! â Si ! - I didn't do anything! â Yes, you did! | |
6. adv. so, such (intensifier) | |
JâĂ©tais si fatiguĂ© ces jours-ci que je nâavais pas le courage de vous Ă©crire. - I was so tired those days that I didn't have the energy to write to you. | |
Cela n'aurait pas été une si bonne idée. - That wouldn't have been such a good idea. | |
7. adv. (si + adjective/adverb + que ...) however (to whatever extent or degree) | |
Si bavard qu'il soit, il ne dit rien de stupide. - However talkative he may be, he doesn't say anything stupid. | |
8. n-m. (music) si, the note 'B' | |
vous |
1. pron. the plural personal pronoun in the second person: | |
2. pron. (subject pronoun) you (all). | |
Vous allez - You (all) go. | |
3. pron. (direct object pronoun) you (all). | |
Je vous adore. - I love you (all). | |
4. pron. you, to you (indirect object pronoun): | |
Je vous donnerai mon adresse. - I will give you my address / I will give my address to you. | |
5. pron. (formal, polite) plural or singular personal pronoun in the second person: | |
Monsieur, je ne peux pas vous le dire - Sir, I cannot tell you. | |
Le |
1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese | |
2. art. the (definite article) | |
Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning. | |
3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English. | |
L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind. | |
4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc. | |
Il sâest cassĂ© la jambe. - He has broken his leg. | |
5. art. (before units) a, an | |
Cinquante kilomĂštres Ă lâheure. - fifty kilometres an hour | |
6. pron. (direct object) him, it | |
OĂč est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas. - Where is Malik? I don't see him. | |
Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture. - My bag? I'm going to put it in the car. | |
7. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English | |
Je suis petit et lui, il lâest aussi. - ... and he is it too | |
aviez |
1. v. second-person plural imperfect indicative of avoir | |
avoir |
1. n-m. asset, possession | |
2. v. to have (to own; to possess) | |
J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars. - I would like to have 20 dollars. | |
3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs) | |
J'ai parlé. - I have spoken, I spoke. | |
Qu'est-ce que vous m'avez fait ? - What have you done to me? | |
4. v. to have (a condition) | |
J'ai faim. - I have hunger. | |
J'ai soif. - I have thirst. | |
J'ai froid. - I have cold. | |
J'ai chaud. - I have hot. | |
J'ai la chiasse. - I have the shits. | |
J'ai le rhume. - I have a cold. | |
J'ai le SIDA. - I have AIDS. | |
J'ai de la fiĂšvre. - I've got a fever. | |
5. v. to have (a measure or age) | |
Elle a 19 ans. - She has 19 years. | |
6. v. to have (to trick) | |
Tu t'es fait avoir. - You've been had. | |
7. v. to have (to participate in an experience) | |
avoir des relations sexuelles - to have sexual relations | |
8. v. (indtr, Ă ) to have (to), must +preo, Ă , infinitive | |
J'ai Ă vous parler. - I have to talk to you. | |
mis |
1. v. first-person singular past historic of mettre | |
2. v. second-person singular past historic of mettre | |
3. Participle. past participle of mettre | |
4. Participle. masculine plural of mi | |
mettre |
1. v. to put; to place | |
2. v. to put on | |
3. v. to set (to lay a table) | |
4. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to start (+ Ă ) (something / doing something), to get around to doing something | |
Ă |
1. Notes. In Canada, Ă and a are not homophones, Ă a, a ÉË. | |
2. prep. to (destination) | |
aller au bout - go to the end / go all the way | |
Je vais Ă Paris. - I am going to Paris. | |
3. prep. to (until) | |
Le spectacle sera de 18h Ă 21h. - The show will be from 6 pm to 9 pm. | |
4. prep. on the, to (some directions) | |
Tournez Ă gauche ! - Turn to the left! | |
Ne tournez pas encore Ă droite ! - Don't turn to the right yet! | |
Le vent vire au nord. - The wind turns north. | |
L'Ă©cole est Ă gauche. - The school is on the left. | |
5. prep. at (said of a particular time) | |
Ă dix heures et quart - at quarter past ten | |
Je pars à cinq heures précises. - I am leaving at exactly five o'clock. | |
6. prep. at, in, on (said of a particular place) | |
Ă la maison - at home | |
Ă l'hĂŽtel - at the hotel | |
au comptoir du bar - at the bar | |
au bois - in the woods | |
J'habite Ă un demi-kilomĂštre d'ici. - I live half a kilometer from here. | |
La maison qui a été détruite hier soir ne se trouvait qu'à trois kilomÚtres de chez nous. - The house that was destroyed last night was only three kilometers from our place.à trois kilomÚtres d | |
7. prep. Used in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations | |
au voleur ! - stop thief! | |
Ă l'assassin ! - murderer! | |
au meurtre ! - murder! murderer! | |
Ă moi ! - help! | |
Ă l'aide ! - help! | |
au secours ! - help! | |
au feu ! - fire! | |
aux armes ! - to arms! | |
Ă l'attaque ! - attack! forward! charge! up and at 'em! | |
Ă l'abordage ! - on board! | |
au boulot ! - get to work! let's get to work! | |
au travail ! - get to work! let's get to work! | |
8. prep. from (origin) | |
Nous prenons de l'eau au puits. - We get water from the well. | |
Je l'ai eu Ă la bibliothĂšque. - I got it from the library. | |
Voilà la femme à laquelle j'ai acheté mon chien - There's the woman I bought my dog from. | |
9. prep. of (belonging to) | |
C'est un ami Ă moi. - This is a friend of mine. | |
Cette voiture est Ă John. - This is John's car. | |
le chien Ă Marie - Mary's dog nonstandard: one normally would use de here | |
10. prep. till, until (used in farewells) | |
Ă plus tard - see you later | |
Ă bientĂŽt - see you soon | |
Salut, donc. Ă demain. - Bye, then. 'Til tomorrow / see you tomorrow. | |
11. prep. (cuisine) cooked in or with | |
12. prep. Used to make compound nouns to state what something is used for | |
moulin Ă poivre - pepper mill | |
sac Ă dos - backpack | |
boite Ă musique - music box | |
13. prep. (before an infinitive) to (used to express something not completed) | |
l'Ă©quipe Ă battre - the team to beat | |
Il n'y a jamais grand-chose Ă faire par ici. - There's never much to do around here. | |
LĂ oĂč tu ne vois pas grand-chose, je ne trouve qu'une grande abondance de choses qui restent Ă faire. - Where you see nothing great, I only see a great abundance of things that need doing. | |
Il reste deux tĂąches Ă finir. - There are two things left to finish. | |
Il y a de la biĂšre Ă boire. - There's some beer to drink. | |
14. prep. Used to describe a part of something, often translated into English as a compound adjective | |
un animal Ă quatre pattes - a four-legged animal | |
une femme au visage pĂąle - a pale-faced woman | |
un homme Ă longue barbe - a long-bearded man â a man with a long beard | |
une chemise Ă manches courtes - a short-sleeved shirt | |
une maison aux murs de brique - a brick-walled house / a house with brick walls | |
15. prep. by | |
peu Ă peu - bit by bit | |
petit Ă petit - little by little | |
minute Ă minute - minute by minute | |
jour Ă jour - day by day | |
un Ă un - one by one | |
16. prep. or, to (used to express an approximate number) | |
six Ă sept personnes - six or seven people | |
de vingt Ă trente ans - from twenty to thirty years | |
tous les cinq Ă six ans - every five or six years | |
17. prep. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb. | |
mettre le feu Ă - to set fire to | |
clouer le bec Ă - to shut (someone) up | |
donner la chasse Ă - to give chase to | |
18. prep. with | |
Le |
1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese | |
2. art. the (definite article) | |
Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning. | |
3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English. | |
L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind. | |
4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc. | |
Il sâest cassĂ© la jambe. - He has broken his leg. | |
5. art. (before units) a, an | |
Cinquante kilomĂštres Ă lâheure. - fifty kilometres an hour | |
6. pron. (direct object) him, it | |
OĂč est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas. - Where is Malik? I don't see him. | |
Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture. - My bag? I'm going to put it in the car. | |
7. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English | |
Je suis petit et lui, il lâest aussi. - ... and he is it too | |
Ă le |
1. prep. (Louisiana French, Cajun French) Alternative form of au, to the | |
Ă©cole |
1. n-f. school | |
des |
1. art. plural of un | |
2. art. plural of une | |
3. art. plural of du | |
4. art. plural of de la | |
5. art. plural of de l' | |
6. contraction. contraction of de les (of the, from the, some) | |
de |
1. prep. of (expresses belonging) | |
Paris est la capitale de la France. - Paris is the capital of France. | |
2. prep. of (used to express property or association) | |
Ćuvres de Fermat - Fermatâs Works | |
Elle est la femme de mon ami. - She is my friendâs wife. | |
le voisin de Gabriel - Gabriel's neighbor | |
3. prep. from (used to indicate origin) | |
Elle vient de France. - She comes from France. | |
Ătes-vous de Suisse ? - Are you from Switzerland? | |
Ce fromage vient dâEspagne. - This cheese is from Spain. | |
Câest de lâouest de la France. - Itâs from the west of France. | |
Le train va de Paris Ă Bordeaux. - The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux. | |
4. prep. of (indicates an amount) | |
5 kilos de pommes. - 5 kilograms of apples. | |
Un verre de vin - A glass of wine | |
Une portion de frites - A portion of fries | |
5. prep. used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word | |
Un jus de pomme - Apple juice | |
Un verre de vin - A glass of wine | |
Une boĂźte de nuit - A nightclub | |
Un chien de garde - A guarddog | |
Une voiture de sport - A sportscar | |
Un stade de football - A football stadium | |
6. prep. from (used to indicate the start of a time or range) | |
De 9:00 Ă 11:00 je ne serai pas libre. - From 9 to 11 I wonât be free. | |
Je travaille de huit heures Ă midi. - I work from 8 o'clock to noon. | |
un groupe de cinq Ă huit personnes - a group of from five to eight people | |
7. prep. used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive | |
Jâai arrĂȘtĂ© de fumer. - I stopped smoking. | |
Il continue de mâembĂȘter. - He keeps annoying me. | |
Elle mâa dit de venir. - She told me to come. | |
Nous vous exhortons de venir. - We urge you to come. | |
8. prep. by (indicates the amount of change) | |
Boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20 % les risques de contracter une maladie. - Drinking three cups a day would reduce the risks of catching an illness by 20%. | |
9. art. Used in the plural with prepositioned adjectives. | |
Ce sont de bons enfants. - They are good children. | |
Il y a dâautres exemples. - There are other examples. | |
10. art. Used in negated sentences with the grammatical object. | |
Elle nâa pas de mĂšre. - She doesnât have a mother. | |
Il ne mange pas de viande. - He doesnât eat meat. | |
Il nây a pas de problĂšmes. - There are no problems. | |
11. n-f. abbreviation of dame | |
les |
1. art. plural of le: the | |
2. art. plural of la: the | |
3. pron. plural of le: them | |
4. pron. plural of la: them | |
de l' |
1. art. some; the singular prevocalic partitive article | |
Voudriez-vous de lâail ? - Would you like some garlic? | |
frĂšres |
1. n. plural of frĂšre | |
frĂšre |
1. n-m. brother (relation, relative) | |
Mon frĂšre n'a rien fait. - My brother didn't do anything. | |
2. n-m. brother (monk) | |
FrĂšre Martin, qu'est-ce que vous cherchez ? - Brother Martin, what is it you seek? | |
3. n-m. (informal) bro, a male comrade or friend | |
on |
1. pron. (indefinite) one, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual) | |
On ne peut pas pĂȘcher ici - You canât fish here | |
2. pron. (personal, informal) we | |
On sâest amusĂ©s. - We had fun. | |
lui |
1. pron. him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject | |
J'habitais avec lui. - I was living with him. | |
C'est lui qui a dit cela. - It was him who said that. | |
Lui, il n'en sait rien. - He doesn't know anything about it. | |
2. pron. him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object | |
Je lui ai donné le livre. - I gave the book to him/her. | |
3. Participle. past participle of luire | |
aurait |
1. v. third-person singular conditional of avoir | |
avoir |
1. n-m. asset, possession | |
2. v. to have (to own; to possess) | |
J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars. - I would like to have 20 dollars. | |
3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs) | |
J'ai parlé. - I have spoken, I spoke. | |
Qu'est-ce que vous m'avez fait ? - What have you done to me? | |
4. v. to have (a condition) | |
J'ai faim. - I have hunger. | |
J'ai soif. - I have thirst. | |
J'ai froid. - I have cold. | |
J'ai chaud. - I have hot. | |
J'ai la chiasse. - I have the shits. | |
J'ai le rhume. - I have a cold. | |
J'ai le SIDA. - I have AIDS. | |
J'ai de la fiĂšvre. - I've got a fever. | |
5. v. to have (a measure or age) | |
Elle a 19 ans. - She has 19 years. | |
6. v. to have (to trick) | |
Tu t'es fait avoir. - You've been had. | |
7. v. to have (to participate in an experience) | |
avoir des relations sexuelles - to have sexual relations | |
8. v. (indtr, Ă ) to have (to), must +preo, Ă , infinitive | |
J'ai Ă vous parler. - I have to talk to you. | |
fait |
1. n-m. fact | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of faire | |
3. Participle. past participle of faire | |
4. adj. done | |
5. adj. cut out | |
Je ne suis vraiment pas fait pour l'escalade. | |
faire |
1. v. to do | |
faire la vaisselle - to do the washing-up. | |
Qu'est-ce que tu fais ? - What are you doing? | |
Fais pas ça. - Don't do that. | |
2. v. to make | |
faire une erreur - to make a mistake. | |
faire un voyage - to take a trip | |
3. v. to say (of a person), to go (of an animal) | |
"Je t'aime," fit-il. - "I love you," he said. | |
Le chat fait "miaou". - The cat goes "meow". | |
4. v. to make (cause someone or something to do something) | |
Tu me fais rire. - You make me laugh. | |
La chanson me fait pleurer. - The song makes me cry. | |
5. v. to act like (something) | |
Fais pas ton innocent avec moi. - Don't act like you're so innocent around me./Don't give me that innocent act. | |
6. v. (impersonal) to be (of the weather or various situations) | |
Il fait chaud/froid/noir/beau dehors. - It is hot/cold/dark/nice outside. | |
Ăa fait dix ans que nous nous connaissons. - We have known each other for ten years. | |
Ăa fait bizarre. - That seems/looks bizarre; that gives a bizarre effect/appearance/result. | |
Ăa fait trĂšs monsieur, ta cravate. - Your tie makes you look like a real gentleman. | |
7. v. to do, to make (oneself) | |
Elle se fait les ongles. - She is doing her nails. | |
8. v. to be, to get (used for a passive action) | |
se faire piquer - to be stung | |
Je me suis fait avoir. - I got screwed. | |
Est-ce que tu t'es fait couper les cheveux ? - Did you get your hair cut? | |
9. v. to ripen (of fruit), to mature | |
10. v. to become used to, to get used to | |
Je ne m'y suis toujours pas fait. - I still haven't got used to it. | |
11. v. (slang) to do (to have sex with) | |
12. v. (informal, intransitive) to defecate; (metaphorically) to shit oneself (to be terrified) | |
L'enfant a fait dans son pantalon. - The child soiled his trousers. | |
Ils viennent d'entendre les nouvelles et ils font dans leur culotte. - They've just heard the news and they're shitting themselves. | |
13. v. to become, to get | |
apprendre |
1. v. to learn | |
GrĂące Ă vous, j'en apprends tous les jours. - Thanks to you, I learn every day. | |
2. v. to teach | |
Aujourd'hui je vais vous apprendre quelques mots hawaĂŻens. - Today I am going to teach you some Hawaiian words. | |
son |
1. n-m. sound | |
Le son de ce piano est agréable. (The sound of this piano is nice.) | |
2. det. (possessive) his, her, their, its (used to qualify masculine nouns and before a vowel) | |
Elle a perdu son chapeau. - She lost her hat. | |
Il a perdu son chapeau. - He lost his hat. | |
J'aime son amie. - I like his/her girlfriend. | |
La décision a été prise pendant son absence. - The decision was taken in her/his absence. | |
3. n-m. bran | |
Ceci est du pain de son. - This bread is done with bran. | |
catéchisme |
1. n-m. catechism | |
au |
1. contraction. contraction of Ă le | |
Il Ă©tudie la musique au conservatoire. - He studies music at the conservatory. | |
Ă |
1. Notes. In Canada, Ă and a are not homophones, Ă a, a ÉË. | |
2. prep. to (destination) | |
aller au bout - go to the end / go all the way | |
Je vais Ă Paris. - I am going to Paris. | |
3. prep. to (until) | |
Le spectacle sera de 18h Ă 21h. - The show will be from 6 pm to 9 pm. | |
4. prep. on the, to (some directions) | |
Tournez Ă gauche ! - Turn to the left! | |
Ne tournez pas encore Ă droite ! - Don't turn to the right yet! | |
Le vent vire au nord. - The wind turns north. | |
L'Ă©cole est Ă gauche. - The school is on the left. | |
5. prep. at (said of a particular time) | |
Ă dix heures et quart - at quarter past ten | |
Je pars à cinq heures précises. - I am leaving at exactly five o'clock. | |
6. prep. at, in, on (said of a particular place) | |
Ă la maison - at home | |
Ă l'hĂŽtel - at the hotel | |
au comptoir du bar - at the bar | |
au bois - in the woods | |
J'habite Ă un demi-kilomĂštre d'ici. - I live half a kilometer from here. | |
La maison qui a été détruite hier soir ne se trouvait qu'à trois kilomÚtres de chez nous. - The house that was destroyed last night was only three kilometers from our place.à trois kilomÚtres d | |
7. prep. Used in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations | |
au voleur ! - stop thief! | |
Ă l'assassin ! - murderer! | |
au meurtre ! - murder! murderer! | |
Ă moi ! - help! | |
Ă l'aide ! - help! | |
au secours ! - help! | |
au feu ! - fire! | |
aux armes ! - to arms! | |
Ă l'attaque ! - attack! forward! charge! up and at 'em! | |
Ă l'abordage ! - on board! | |
au boulot ! - get to work! let's get to work! | |
au travail ! - get to work! let's get to work! | |
8. prep. from (origin) | |
Nous prenons de l'eau au puits. - We get water from the well. | |
Je l'ai eu Ă la bibliothĂšque. - I got it from the library. | |
Voilà la femme à laquelle j'ai acheté mon chien - There's the woman I bought my dog from. | |
9. prep. of (belonging to) | |
C'est un ami Ă moi. - This is a friend of mine. | |
Cette voiture est Ă John. - This is John's car. | |
le chien Ă Marie - Mary's dog nonstandard: one normally would use de here | |
10. prep. till, until (used in farewells) | |
Ă plus tard - see you later | |
Ă bientĂŽt - see you soon | |
Salut, donc. Ă demain. - Bye, then. 'Til tomorrow / see you tomorrow. | |
11. prep. (cuisine) cooked in or with | |
12. prep. Used to make compound nouns to state what something is used for | |
moulin Ă poivre - pepper mill | |
sac Ă dos - backpack | |
boite Ă musique - music box | |
13. prep. (before an infinitive) to (used to express something not completed) | |
l'Ă©quipe Ă battre - the team to beat | |
Il n'y a jamais grand-chose Ă faire par ici. - There's never much to do around here. | |
LĂ oĂč tu ne vois pas grand-chose, je ne trouve qu'une grande abondance de choses qui restent Ă faire. - Where you see nothing great, I only see a great abundance of things that need doing. | |
Il reste deux tĂąches Ă finir. - There are two things left to finish. | |
Il y a de la biĂšre Ă boire. - There's some beer to drink. | |
14. prep. Used to describe a part of something, often translated into English as a compound adjective | |
un animal Ă quatre pattes - a four-legged animal | |
une femme au visage pĂąle - a pale-faced woman | |
un homme Ă longue barbe - a long-bearded man â a man with a long beard | |
une chemise Ă manches courtes - a short-sleeved shirt | |
une maison aux murs de brique - a brick-walled house / a house with brick walls | |
15. prep. by | |
peu Ă peu - bit by bit | |
petit Ă petit - little by little | |
minute Ă minute - minute by minute | |
jour Ă jour - day by day | |
un Ă un - one by one | |
16. prep. or, to (used to express an approximate number) | |
six Ă sept personnes - six or seven people | |
de vingt Ă trente ans - from twenty to thirty years | |
tous les cinq Ă six ans - every five or six years | |
17. prep. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb. | |
mettre le feu Ă - to set fire to | |
clouer le bec Ă - to shut (someone) up | |
donner la chasse Ă - to give chase to | |
18. prep. with | |
le |
1. art. the (definite article) | |
Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning. | |
2. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English. | |
L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind. | |
3. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc. | |
Il sâest cassĂ© la jambe. - He has broken his leg. | |
4. art. (before units) a, an | |
Cinquante kilomĂštres Ă lâheure. - fifty kilometres an hour | |
5. pron. (direct object) him, it | |
OĂč est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas. - Where is Malik? I don't see him. | |
Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture. - My bag? I'm going to put it in the car. | |
6. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English | |
Je suis petit et lui, il lâest aussi. - ... and he is it too | |
lieu |
1. n-m. place | |
2. n-m. any of several fish from the Pollachius family | |
de |
1. prep. of (expresses belonging) | |
Paris est la capitale de la France. - Paris is the capital of France. | |
2. prep. of (used to express property or association) | |
Ćuvres de Fermat - Fermatâs Works | |
Elle est la femme de mon ami. - She is my friendâs wife. | |
le voisin de Gabriel - Gabriel's neighbor | |
3. prep. from (used to indicate origin) | |
Elle vient de France. - She comes from France. | |
Ătes-vous de Suisse ? - Are you from Switzerland? | |
Ce fromage vient dâEspagne. - This cheese is from Spain. | |
Câest de lâouest de la France. - Itâs from the west of France. | |
Le train va de Paris Ă Bordeaux. - The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux. | |
4. prep. of (indicates an amount) | |
5 kilos de pommes. - 5 kilograms of apples. | |
Un verre de vin - A glass of wine | |
Une portion de frites - A portion of fries | |
5. prep. used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word | |
Un jus de pomme - Apple juice | |
Un verre de vin - A glass of wine | |
Une boĂźte de nuit - A nightclub | |
Un chien de garde - A guarddog | |
Une voiture de sport - A sportscar | |
Un stade de football - A football stadium | |
6. prep. from (used to indicate the start of a time or range) | |
De 9:00 Ă 11:00 je ne serai pas libre. - From 9 to 11 I wonât be free. | |
Je travaille de huit heures Ă midi. - I work from 8 o'clock to noon. | |
un groupe de cinq Ă huit personnes - a group of from five to eight people | |
7. prep. used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive | |
Jâai arrĂȘtĂ© de fumer. - I stopped smoking. | |
Il continue de mâembĂȘter. - He keeps annoying me. | |
Elle mâa dit de venir. - She told me to come. | |
Nous vous exhortons de venir. - We urge you to come. | |
8. prep. by (indicates the amount of change) | |
Boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20 % les risques de contracter une maladie. - Drinking three cups a day would reduce the risks of catching an illness by 20%. | |
9. art. Used in the plural with prepositioned adjectives. | |
Ce sont de bons enfants. - They are good children. | |
Il y a dâautres exemples. - There are other examples. | |
10. art. Used in negated sentences with the grammatical object. | |
Elle nâa pas de mĂšre. - She doesnât have a mother. | |
Il ne mange pas de viande. - He doesnât eat meat. | |
Il nây a pas de problĂšmes. - There are no problems. | |
11. n-f. abbreviation of dame | |
au lieu de |
Nous arriverons au lieu de rendez-vous une heure tĂŽt - We'll arrive at the location of the meeting an hour early. | |
1. prep. instead of | |
lui |
1. pron. him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject | |
J'habitais avec lui. - I was living with him. | |
C'est lui qui a dit cela. - It was him who said that. | |
Lui, il n'en sait rien. - He doesn't know anything about it. | |
2. pron. him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object | |
Je lui ai donné le livre. - I gave the book to him/her. | |
3. Participle. past participle of luire | |
faire |
1. v. to do | |
faire la vaisselle - to do the washing-up. | |
Qu'est-ce que tu fais ? - What are you doing? | |
Fais pas ça. - Don't do that. | |
2. v. to make | |
faire une erreur - to make a mistake. | |
faire un voyage - to take a trip | |
3. v. to say (of a person), to go (of an animal) | |
"Je t'aime," fit-il. - "I love you," he said. | |
Le chat fait "miaou". - The cat goes "meow". | |
4. v. to make (cause someone or something to do something) | |
Tu me fais rire. - You make me laugh. | |
La chanson me fait pleurer. - The song makes me cry. | |
5. v. to act like (something) | |
Fais pas ton innocent avec moi. - Don't act like you're so innocent around me./Don't give me that innocent act. | |
6. v. (impersonal) to be (of the weather or various situations) | |
Il fait chaud/froid/noir/beau dehors. - It is hot/cold/dark/nice outside. | |
Ăa fait dix ans que nous nous connaissons. - We have known each other for ten years. | |
Ăa fait bizarre. - That seems/looks bizarre; that gives a bizarre effect/appearance/result. | |
Ăa fait trĂšs monsieur, ta cravate. - Your tie makes you look like a real gentleman. | |
7. v. to do, to make (oneself) | |
Elle se fait les ongles. - She is doing her nails. | |
8. v. to be, to get (used for a passive action) | |
se faire piquer - to be stung | |
Je me suis fait avoir. - I got screwed. | |
Est-ce que tu t'es fait couper les cheveux ? - Did you get your hair cut? | |
9. v. to ripen (of fruit), to mature | |
10. v. to become used to, to get used to | |
Je ne m'y suis toujours pas fait. - I still haven't got used to it. | |
11. v. (slang) to do (to have sex with) | |
12. v. (informal, intransitive) to defecate; (metaphorically) to shit oneself (to be terrified) | |
L'enfant a fait dans son pantalon. - The child soiled his trousers. | |
Ils viennent d'entendre les nouvelles et ils font dans leur culotte. - They've just heard the news and they're shitting themselves. | |
13. v. to become, to get | |
perdre |
1. v. to lose (be unable to find) | |
J'ai perdu les clés, mais un de mes amis les a trouvées. - I lost my keys, but one of my friends found them. | |
2. v. to lose (not win) | |
3. v. to get lost | |
Ils se sont perdus dans la forĂȘt dense. - They got lost in the dense forest. | |
son |
1. n-m. sound | |
Le son de ce piano est agréable. (The sound of this piano is nice.) | |
2. det. (possessive) his, her, their, its (used to qualify masculine nouns and before a vowel) | |
Elle a perdu son chapeau. - She lost her hat. | |
Il a perdu son chapeau. - He lost his hat. | |
J'aime son amie. - I like his/her girlfriend. | |
La décision a été prise pendant son absence. - The decision was taken in her/his absence. | |
3. n-m. bran | |
Ceci est du pain de son. - This bread is done with bran. | |
temps |
1. n-m. time (in general) | |
je n'ai pas le temps de faire ça - I haven't got (the) time to do that | |
il faut encore du temps - I need more time | |
Il est temps de commencer. - it's time to commence | |
2. n-m. weather | |
le temps n'est pas bon ici - the weather is no good here | |
quel temps fait-il ? - how's the weather? | |
3. n-m. (grammar) tense | |
un temps composé - a compound tense | |
un temps simple - a simple tense | |
changez le temps du verbe - change the tense of the verb | |
perdre son temps |
1. v. to waste one's time | |
Ă |
1. Notes. In Canada, Ă and a are not homophones, Ă a, a ÉË. | |
2. prep. to (destination) | |
aller au bout - go to the end / go all the way | |
Je vais Ă Paris. - I am going to Paris. | |
3. prep. to (until) | |
Le spectacle sera de 18h Ă 21h. - The show will be from 6 pm to 9 pm. | |
4. prep. on the, to (some directions) | |
Tournez Ă gauche ! - Turn to the left! | |
Ne tournez pas encore Ă droite ! - Don't turn to the right yet! | |
Le vent vire au nord. - The wind turns north. | |
L'Ă©cole est Ă gauche. - The school is on the left. | |
5. prep. at (said of a particular time) | |
Ă dix heures et quart - at quarter past ten | |
Je pars à cinq heures précises. - I am leaving at exactly five o'clock. | |
6. prep. at, in, on (said of a particular place) | |
Ă la maison - at home | |
Ă l'hĂŽtel - at the hotel | |
au comptoir du bar - at the bar | |
au bois - in the woods | |
J'habite Ă un demi-kilomĂštre d'ici. - I live half a kilometer from here. | |
La maison qui a été détruite hier soir ne se trouvait qu'à trois kilomÚtres de chez nous. - The house that was destroyed last night was only three kilometers from our place.à trois kilomÚtres d | |
7. prep. Used in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations | |
au voleur ! - stop thief! | |
Ă l'assassin ! - murderer! | |
au meurtre ! - murder! murderer! | |
Ă moi ! - help! | |
Ă l'aide ! - help! | |
au secours ! - help! | |
au feu ! - fire! | |
aux armes ! - to arms! | |
Ă l'attaque ! - attack! forward! charge! up and at 'em! | |
Ă l'abordage ! - on board! | |
au boulot ! - get to work! let's get to work! | |
au travail ! - get to work! let's get to work! | |
8. prep. from (origin) | |
Nous prenons de l'eau au puits. - We get water from the well. | |
Je l'ai eu Ă la bibliothĂšque. - I got it from the library. | |
Voilà la femme à laquelle j'ai acheté mon chien - There's the woman I bought my dog from. | |
9. prep. of (belonging to) | |
C'est un ami Ă moi. - This is a friend of mine. | |
Cette voiture est Ă John. - This is John's car. | |
le chien Ă Marie - Mary's dog nonstandard: one normally would use de here | |
10. prep. till, until (used in farewells) | |
Ă plus tard - see you later | |
Ă bientĂŽt - see you soon | |
Salut, donc. Ă demain. - Bye, then. 'Til tomorrow / see you tomorrow. | |
11. prep. (cuisine) cooked in or with | |
12. prep. Used to make compound nouns to state what something is used for | |
moulin Ă poivre - pepper mill | |
sac Ă dos - backpack | |
boite Ă musique - music box | |
13. prep. (before an infinitive) to (used to express something not completed) | |
l'Ă©quipe Ă battre - the team to beat | |
Il n'y a jamais grand-chose Ă faire par ici. - There's never much to do around here. | |
LĂ oĂč tu ne vois pas grand-chose, je ne trouve qu'une grande abondance de choses qui restent Ă faire. - Where you see nothing great, I only see a great abundance of things that need doing. | |
Il reste deux tĂąches Ă finir. - There are two things left to finish. | |
Il y a de la biĂšre Ă boire. - There's some beer to drink. | |
14. prep. Used to describe a part of something, often translated into English as a compound adjective | |
un animal Ă quatre pattes - a four-legged animal | |
une femme au visage pĂąle - a pale-faced woman | |
un homme Ă longue barbe - a long-bearded man â a man with a long beard | |
une chemise Ă manches courtes - a short-sleeved shirt | |
une maison aux murs de brique - a brick-walled house / a house with brick walls | |
15. prep. by | |
peu Ă peu - bit by bit | |
petit Ă petit - little by little | |
minute Ă minute - minute by minute | |
jour Ă jour - day by day | |
un Ă un - one by one | |
16. prep. or, to (used to express an approximate number) | |
six Ă sept personnes - six or seven people | |
de vingt Ă trente ans - from twenty to thirty years | |
tous les cinq Ă six ans - every five or six years | |
17. prep. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb. | |
mettre le feu Ă - to set fire to | |
clouer le bec Ă - to shut (someone) up | |
donner la chasse Ă - to give chase to | |
18. prep. with | |
apprendre |
1. v. to learn | |
GrĂące Ă vous, j'en apprends tous les jours. - Thanks to you, I learn every day. | |
2. v. to teach | |
Aujourd'hui je vais vous apprendre quelques mots hawaĂŻens. - Today I am going to teach you some Hawaiian words. | |
Le |
1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese | |
2. art. the (definite article) | |
Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning. | |
3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English. | |
L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind. | |
4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc. | |
Il sâest cassĂ© la jambe. - He has broken his leg. | |
5. art. (before units) a, an | |
Cinquante kilomĂštres Ă lâheure. - fifty kilometres an hour | |
6. pron. (direct object) him, it | |
OĂč est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas. - Where is Malik? I don't see him. | |
Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture. - My bag? I'm going to put it in the car. | |
7. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English | |
Je suis petit et lui, il lâest aussi. - ... and he is it too | |
histoire |
1. n-f. story | |
2. n-f. history | |
3. n-f. (informal) lie, fantasy, invention | |
4. n-f. misadventure | |
et |
1. conj. and | |
la |
1. art. the (definite article) | |
2. pron. her, it (direct object) | |
OĂč est Judith ? Je ne la vois pas. - Where is Judith? I don't see her. | |
Prends cette boĂźte et mets-la dans le coin. - Take that box and put it in the corner. | |
3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A' | |
géographie |
1. n-f. geography (study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth) | |
géographier |
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