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. | |
diable |
1. n-m. (religion, mythology) devil | |
2. n-m. (colloquial) rogue, (old) devil | |
3. n-m. hand truck | |
4. Proper noun. the Devil | |
5. interj. (dated) dash it!, deuce! | |
poses |
1. v. second-person singular present of poser | |
poser |
1. v. to stop carrying, to put down (something or somebody) | |
2. v. to ask (a question) | |
J'ai quelques questions à lui poser. - I have a few questions to ask him. | |
Puis-je vous poser une question ? - Can I ask you a question? | |
3. v. to land (a plane) | |
4. v. to lay, place | |
5. v. to install, fit | |
6. v. to relax, settle | |
tu |
1. pron. you (singular); thou | |
2. Participle. past participle of taire | |
3. part. (Quebec, informal) (question marker) | |
C'est-tu possible ? - Is it possible? | |
taire |
1. v. to quieten, to shut up, to silence | |
Faites taire vos enfants ! - Shut your children up! | |
2. v. to shut up (one's self), to be quiet, to fall silent, to stop talking | |
Tais-toi! - Be quiet!/Shut up! | |
3. v. To keep (a matter) quiet, to keep secret, not to say | |
Je l'ai entendu de quelqu'un dont je préfère taire le nom. - I heard it from someone whose name I'd rather keep to myself. | |
toutes |
1. adv. feminine plural of tout | |
2. det. feminine plural of tout | |
Mes sœurs sont toutes mariées | |
My sisters are all married | |
tout |
1. adv. all | |
2. det. all | |
3. n-m. whole, entirety, total | |
le tout | |
4. pron. everything | |
ces |
1. det. plural of ce: these, those | |
questions |
1. n. plural of question | |
question |
1. n-f. (historical, chiefly with the definite article) question (interrogation by torture) | |
2. n-f. question (sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response) | |
Je voudrais vous poser une question. - I would like to ask you a question. | |
3. n-f. issue, matter, topic, problem | |