qui |
1. pron. (interrogative) who, whom | |
Tu as vu qui ? - Who have you seen? | |
Je ne sais pas qui vous êtes. - I don't know who you are. | |
2. pron. (relative) who, whom (after a preposition), which, that | |
La personne qui parle connait bien son sujet. - The person who speaks knows his/her subject well. | |
Cette voiture bleue qui passe me plait beaucoup. - This blue car which is passing I like a lot. | |
J’aime les chiens qui sont calmes. - I like dogs that are quiet. | |
Un homme à qui j’ai parlé. - A man to whom I spoke/have spoken. | |
Si lugubre que fût l’appartement, c’était un paradis pour qui revenait du lycée. - Gloomy as the apartment was, it was still a paradise for those who came back from school. | |
Rira bien qui rira le dernier. - Who laughs last laughs well. | |
3. conj. (Louisiana French, Cajun French) if | |
Qui elle en a, ça va faire. - If she has any, that will do. | |
cause |
1. n-f. cause | |
2. n-f. (law) case (a legal proceeding) | |
3. v. first-person singular present of causer | |
4. v. third-person singular present of causer | |
5. v. second-person singular imperative of causer | |
causer |
1. v. to cause (be the cause of) | |
2. v. (informal, transitive) to speak (a language) | |
Tu causes le céfran, mec ? - You speak frog, dude? | |
3. v. (informal, intransitive) to speak, talk, chat; to be waffling on about | |
De quoi il cause ? - What's he banging on about? | |
qui |
1. pron. (interrogative) who, whom | |
Tu as vu qui ? - Who have you seen? | |
Je ne sais pas qui vous êtes. - I don't know who you are. | |
2. pron. (relative) who, whom (after a preposition), which, that | |
La personne qui parle connait bien son sujet. - The person who speaks knows his/her subject well. | |
Cette voiture bleue qui passe me plait beaucoup. - This blue car which is passing I like a lot. | |
J’aime les chiens qui sont calmes. - I like dogs that are quiet. | |
Un homme à qui j’ai parlé. - A man to whom I spoke/have spoken. | |
Si lugubre que fût l’appartement, c’était un paradis pour qui revenait du lycée. - Gloomy as the apartment was, it was still a paradise for those who came back from school. | |
Rira bien qui rira le dernier. - Who laughs last laughs well. | |
3. conj. (Louisiana French, Cajun French) if | |
Qui elle en a, ça va faire. - If she has any, that will do. | |
annonce |
1. n-f. advertisement | |
2. v. first-person singular present of annoncer | |
3. v. third-person singular present of annoncer | |
4. v. second-person singular imperative of annoncer | |
annoncer |
1. v. to announce | |
2. v. to predict, foretell | |
3. v. (card games) to declare | |
4. v. to approach | |
La nuit s'annonce. - The night is approaching. | |
5. v. to show | |
6. v. (informal, reflexive) to promise to be | |
L'entreprise s'annonce difficile. - The undertaking promises to be difficult. | |
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 | |
orage |
1. n-m. thunderstorm | |
2. n-m. storm, upset | |
3. n-m. (literary) turmoil, tumult | |
4. n-m. a device on an organ, which produces a "thunder" effect, usually by playing a large cluster chord on the pedalboard | |