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| et |
| 1. conj. and | |
| je |
| 1. pron. I | |
| Me |
| 1. n. Abbreviation of Maître/Maitre(, a title given to lawyers and notaries public.) | |
| 2. pron. (direct object) me | |
| Est-ce que tu me vois ? - Do you see me? | |
| 3. pron. (indirect object) to me | |
| Émilien me donne un peu d'argent. - Émilien gave some money to me. | |
| assis |
| 1. adj. sat, sat down, seated | |
| 2. Participle. past participle of asseoir | |
| 3. v. first-person plural past historic of asseoir | |
| 4. v. second-person plural past historic of asseoir | |
| 5. Participle. masculine plural of assi | |
| asseoir |
| 1. v. to sit down; to get seated | |
| Assieds les enfants sur des chaises ! - Sit the children down on chairs! | |
| 2. v. to assert | |
| asseoir sa domination - to assert one's dominance | |
| 3. v. to sit down; to sit up; to take a seat | |
| rêvant |
| 1. Participle. present participle of rêver | |
| rêver |
| 1. v. to dream | |
| à |
| 1. Notes. In Canada, à and a are not homophones, à a, a ɑː. | |
| 2. prep. to (destination) | |
| aller au bout - go to the end / go all the way | |
| Je vais à Paris. - I am going to Paris. | |
| 3. prep. to (until) | |
| Le spectacle sera de 18h à 21h. - The show will be from 6 pm to 9 pm. | |
| 4. prep. on the, to (some directions) | |
| Tournez à gauche ! - Turn to the left! | |
| Ne tournez pas encore à droite ! - Don't turn to the right yet! | |
| Le vent vire au nord. - The wind turns north. | |
| L'école est à gauche. - The school is on the left. | |
| 5. prep. at (said of a particular time) | |
| à 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) | |
| à la maison - at home | |
| à l'hôtel - at the hotel | |
| au comptoir du bar - at the bar | |
| au bois - in the woods | |
| J'habite à un demi-kilomètre d'ici. - I live half a kilometer from here. | |
| La maison qui a été détruite hier soir ne se trouvait qu'à trois kilomètres de chez nous. - The house that was destroyed last night was only three kilometers from our place.à trois kilomètres d | |
| 7. prep. Used in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations | |
| au voleur ! - stop thief! | |
| à l'assassin ! - murderer! | |
| au meurtre ! - murder! murderer! | |
| à moi ! - help! | |
| à l'aide ! - help! | |
| au secours ! - help! | |
| au feu ! - fire! | |
| aux armes ! - to arms! | |
| à l'attaque ! - attack! forward! charge! up and at 'em! | |
| à 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 à la bibliothèque. - 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 à moi. - This is a friend of mine. | |
| Cette voiture est à John. - This is John's car. | |
| le chien à Marie - Mary's dog nonstandard: one normally would use de here | |
| 10. prep. till, until (used in farewells) | |
| à plus tard - see you later | |
| à bientôt - see you soon | |
| Salut, donc. À 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 à poivre - pepper mill | |
| sac à dos - backpack | |
| boite à musique - music box | |
| 13. prep. (before an infinitive) to (used to express something not completed) | |
| l'équipe à battre - the team to beat | |
| Il n'y a jamais grand-chose à faire par ici. - There's never much to do around here. | |
| Là où tu ne vois pas grand-chose, je ne trouve qu'une grande abondance de choses qui restent à faire. - Where you see nothing great, I only see a great abundance of things that need doing. | |
| Il reste deux tâches à finir. - There are two things left to finish. | |
| Il y a de la bière à 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 à quatre pattes - a four-legged animal | |
| une femme au visage pâle - a pale-faced woman | |
| un homme à longue barbe - a long-bearded man — a man with a long beard | |
| une chemise à 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 à peu - bit by bit | |
| petit à petit - little by little | |
| minute à minute - minute by minute | |
| jour à jour - day by day | |
| un à un - one by one | |
| 16. prep. or, to (used to express an approximate number) | |
| six à sept personnes - six or seven people | |
| de vingt à trente ans - from twenty to thirty years | |
| tous les cinq à six ans - every five or six years | |
| 17. prep. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb. | |
| mettre le feu à - to set fire to | |
| clouer le bec à - to shut (someone) up | |
| donner la chasse à - to give chase to | |
| 18. prep. with | |
| quoi |
| 1. pron. (interrogative, ;, for things) what | |
| 2. pron. (after a preposition) | |
| De quoi parle-t-il ? - What is he talking about? | |
| À quoi penses-tu ? - What are you thinking about? | |
| À quoi cela sert-il ? - What is this used for? | |
| Avec quoi cela se mange-t-il ? - What is this supposed to be eaten with? | |
| En vue de quoi fais-tu cela ? - What are you doing this for? | |
| 3. pron. (attributive, or direct object, ;, colloquial) | |
| C'est quoi ? (attributive) - What is this/that? (noncolloquial French: qu') (noncolloquial French: qu') | |
| Il dit quoi ? (direct object) - What does he say? (noncolloquial French: que) (noncolloquial French: que) | |
| 4. pron. (relative, ;, for things) what, (that) which | |
| 5. pron. (direct object) | |
| Je sais quoi faire. - I know what to do. | |
| Je ne sais pas quoi faire. - I don't know what to do. (more formal French: Je ne sais que faire.) (more formal French: Je ne sais que f | |
| 6. pron. (after a preposition) | |
| Laisse-moi te montrer ce sur quoi je travaille en ce moment. - ...that on which I am working... | |
| Et voilà à quoi nous avons passé notre temps. - And that's what we've spent our time on. | |
| Ils ont perdu beaucoup d'argent, en conséquence de quoi ils ont dû fermer le magasin. - They've lost a lot of money, in consequence of which they | |
| 7. pron. after de and before an infinitive verb | |
| 8. pron. enough (of something specific) | |
| Il y avait de quoi remplir trois boîtes. - There was enough to fill three boxes. | |
| 9. pron. nothing | |
| Il n'y a pas de quoi en faire tout un plat ! - There's nothing to make a big thing out of! | |
| Merci !—Il n'y a pas de quoi me remercier. - There is nothing to thank me for. | |
| 10. pron. (before a subjunctive verb) whatever | |
| 11. pron. (direct object) | |
| Quoi que je fasse, rien ne changera. - Whatever I may do, nothing will change. | |
| 12. pron. (subject of an impersonal verb) | |
| Quoi qu'il arrive, je serai là. - Whatever may happen, I will be there. | |
| 13. adv. (colloquial) you know, like, y'know | |
| Alors, ce mec m'a dit de te donner son porte-monnaie, quoi. - So, this guy, like, told me to give you his wallet. | |
| 14. Phrase. what? say again? | |
