la |
1. art. the (definite article) | |
2. pron. her, it (direct object) | |
Où est Judith ? Je ne la vois pas. - Where is Judith? I don't see her. | |
Prends cette boîte et mets-la dans le coin. - Take that box and put it in the corner. | |
3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A' | |
fête |
1. n-f. winter holidays (always in plural) | |
Tu fais quoi pour les fêtes (de fin d'année)? - the end-of-year holidays | |
2. n-f. party | |
Je fais une fête chez moi ce soir! - I'm doing a party | |
3. n-f. (Christianity) name day | |
Le 18 mai, c'est la fête des Éric. - May 18 is the name day of people named Eric. | |
4. n-f. (Canada, Louisiana) birthday | |
Bonne fête! - Happy birthday! | |
5. v. first-person singular present of fêter | |
6. v. third-person singular present of fêter | |
7. v. second-person singular imperative of fêter | |
fêter |
1. v. to celebrate (an event) | |
Il va fêter son quarantième anniversaire demain. - He is going to celebrate his 40th anniversary tomorrow. | |
2. v. to celebrate (somebody) | |
était |
1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of être | |
être |
1. v. to be | |
Vous devez être plus clairs. - You must be clearer. | |
2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs) | |
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré 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 être battu ce soir. - He can be beaten this evening. | |
4. n-m. being, creature | |
5. n-m. being, the state or fact of existence | |
surtout |
1. adv. above all | |
2. adv. especially | |
3. n-m. surtout (overcoat) | |
dans |
1. prep. (literal, figurative) in, inside (enclosed in a physical space, a group, a state) | |
vieillir dans la misère - to grow old in poverty | |
être dans l'infanterie - to be in the infantry | |
avoir quelque chose dans la bouche - to have something in the mouth | |
dans les circonstances d'une pandémie - under the circumstances of a pandemic | |
Il habite dans le quartier le plus riche de Paris. - He lives in the richest district of Paris. | |
Il nage comme un poisson dans l'eau. - He swims like a fish in the water. | |
mettre l'argent dans la poche - to put money into one's pocket | |
Bienvenue dans le meilleur bar de tout Paris. - Welcome to the best bar in all of Paris. | |
2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain large subdivisions, see usage notes) | |
Aujourd'hui, je vais dans le Maine, et demain, je vais dans l’État de New York. - Today, I'm going to Maine, and tomorrow, I'm going to New York. | |
3. prep. in, within (a longer period of time) | |
Je serai prêt dans une heure. - I'll be ready in one hour. | |
Il arrivera dans trois jours. - He will arrive in three days. | |
4. prep. (with respect to time) during | |
dans un temps donné - during a given time | |
dans ma jeunesse - in my youth | |
5. prep. out of, from | |
boire dans une tasse - to drink from a cup | |
Il prend le beurre dans le réfrigérateur. - He takes the butter out of the fridge. | |
6. prep. (metonymy) in; in the works of | |
le marxisme dans Sartre - Marxism in the works of Sartre | |
7. prep. (colloquial) (Used in dans les) | |
dans les trentes kilos - about thirty kilos | |
dans les dix euros - about ten euros | |
8. n. plural of dan | |
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 | |
jardin |
1. n-m. garden | |
malgré |
1. prep. despite, in spite of | |
2. prep. (with a pronoun) against (one's) will, despite (one's) protest | |
la |
1. art. the (definite article) | |
2. pron. her, it (direct object) | |
Où est Judith ? Je ne la vois pas. - Where is Judith? I don't see her. | |
Prends cette boîte et mets-la dans le coin. - Take that box and put it in the corner. | |
3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A' | |
saison |
1. n-f. season (one of the four parts of the year in temperate regions: winter, spring, summer and autumn) | |
2. n-f. season (a certain time of the year, when something in particular happens) | |
La saison de ski - The skiing season | |
La saison des fraises - Strawberry season | |
3. n-f. (sports) season (the time of the year when teams compete) | |
avancée |
1. adj. feminine singular of avancé | |
2. n-f. (often in the plural) advance, progress | |
avancé |
1. adj. advanced (well developed) | |
2. adj. advanced (difficult; complicated) | |
3. Participle. past participle of avancer | |