| 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 s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg. | |
| 4. art. (before units) a, an | |
| Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour | |
| 5. 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. | |
| 6. 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 | |
| pourquoi |
| 1. adv. why | |
| Pourquoi as-tu fait cela ? - Why did you do that? | |
| Pourquoi n'a-t-il pas fini son travail ? - Why hasn't he finished his work? | |
| Je ne sais pas pourquoi il est parti. - I don't know why he left. | |
| 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. | |
| pourquoi pas |
| 1. Phrase. why not? (negative question) | |
| 2. Phrase. why not? (lacking objection) | |
| lutte |
| 1. n-f. (literally, or figuratively) struggle, fight, battle | |
| La lutte contre le capitalisme (The struggle against capitalism) | |
| 2. n-f. (sport) wrestling | |
| 3. v. first-person singular present of lutter | |
| 4. v. third-person singular present of lutter | |
| 5. v. second-person singular imperative of lutter | |
| lutter |
| 1. v. to struggle, to fight | |
| lutter contre la discrimination - to fight/struggle against discrimination | |
| 2. v. (sports) to wrestle | |
| lutte |
| 1. n-f. (literally, or figuratively) struggle, fight, battle | |
| La lutte contre le capitalisme (The struggle against capitalism) | |
| 2. n-f. (sport) wrestling | |
| 3. v. first-person singular present of lutter | |
| 4. v. third-person singular present of lutter | |
| 5. v. second-person singular imperative of lutter | |
| lutter |
| 1. v. to struggle, to fight | |
| lutter contre la discrimination - to fight/struggle against discrimination | |
| 2. v. (sports) to wrestle | |
| toujours |
| 1. adv. always | |
| Il est toujours en retard. - He is always late. | |
| Parfois, peut-être même souvent, mais certainement pas toujours - Sometimes, maybe even often, but certainly not always | |
| 2. adv. still | |
| 3. adv. , A man who you might think came straight out of the Renaissance, and who was assassinated in 1975, for reasons which still haven't been elucidated. | |
| Je suis toujours là. - I'm still here. | |
| Elle n'est toujours pas revenue. - She still hasn't come back. | |
