| je |
| 1. pron. I | |
| ai |
| 1. v. first-person singular present indicative of avoir | |
| J'ai un chien. - I have a dog. | |
| 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 s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg. | |
| 5. art. (before units) a, an | |
| Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour | |
| 6. pron. (direct object) him, it | |
| Où 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 l’est aussi. - ... and he is it too | |
| pied |
| 1. n-m. (anatomy) foot | |
| 2. n-m. leg, foot (projection on the bottom of a piece of equipment to support it) | |
| 3. n-m. an old unit of measure equal to 32.5 centimetres | |
| 4. n-m. (Quebec, etc.) (Translation for English foot (approx. 30.5 centimetres)) | |
| 5. n-m. (poetry) foot | |
| droit |
| 1. n-m. right (entitlement) | |
| J'ai le droit de dormir. - I have the right to sleep. | |
| 2. n-m. law (study of law) | |
| Il est étudiant en droit. - He is a law student. | |
| 3. n-m. (geometry) right angle | |
| Un angle de trois droits. - An angle of 270 degrees. | |
| 4. adj. right (on the right-hand side) | |
| Donne-moi ta main droite. - Give me your right hand. | |
| 5. adj. straight (not bent or crooked) | |
| Une rue droite. - A straight road. | |
| 6. adj. (geometry) right (of an angle) | |
| 7. adv. straight, straight on | |
| 8. adv. upright, straight, not bent or crooked | |
| Tenez votre tête droit. - Keep your head straight. | |
| mais |
| 1. conj. but, although | |
| 2. interj. an expression of surprise, disbelief, or frustration roughly equivalent to the English well, or sometimes yeah | |
| Mais qu'est-ce que tu fais ? - What the heck are you doing? | |
| 3. n. plural of mai | |
| je |
| 1. pron. I | |
| 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 | |
| Apprendre le français est plus facile qu'on ne pense. - Learning French is easier than you (might) think. | |
| retrouve |
| 1. v. first-person singular present of retrouver | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present of retrouver | |
| 3. v. second-person singular imperative of retrouver | |
| retrouver |
| 1. v. to find (again); to rediscover | |
| Ils ont retrouvé le trésor qu'ils avaient enterré. - They re-found the treasure they had buried. | |
| 2. v. to remember; to recall | |
| Je ne retrouve plus son nom. - I no longer remember his name. | |
| 3. v. to meet; to meet up; to bump into | |
| J'ai retrouvé mon ancien ami au bord du lac. - I met up with my old friend by the lake. | |
| 4. v. to go back to, to return to | |
| 5. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun, reflexive) to find oneself; to end up | |
| Si tu continues à être aussi désagréable, tu vas te retrouver tout seul. - If you keep being so unpleasant, you're going to end up alone. | |
| 6. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun, reciprocal) to find each other | |
| pas |
| 1. n-m. step, pace, footstep | |
| 2. n-m. (geography) strait, pass | |
| Pas de Calais - Strait of Dover | |
| 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. | |
| Je ne sais pas. - I don't know | |
| Ma grande sœur n'habite pas avec nous. - My big sister doesn't live with us. | |
| J’veux pas travailler. - I don't wanna work. | |
| 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 s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg. | |
| 5. art. (before units) a, an | |
| Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour | |
| 6. pron. (direct object) him, it | |
| Où 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 l’est aussi. - ... and he is it too | |
| pied |
| 1. n-m. (anatomy) foot | |
| 2. n-m. leg, foot (projection on the bottom of a piece of equipment to support it) | |
| 3. n-m. an old unit of measure equal to 32.5 centimetres | |
| 4. n-m. (Quebec, etc.) (Translation for English foot (approx. 30.5 centimetres)) | |
| 5. n-m. (poetry) foot | |
| gauche |
| 1. adj. left | |
| 2. adj. awkward, gawky | |
| 3. adj. clumsy | |
| 4. n-f. the left, the left-hand side | |
| 5. n-m. (boxing) a left-hander, a southpaw | |
