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samedi
     1. n-m. Saturday
il
     1. pron. he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject)
           Il est parti. - He left.
     2. pron. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects)
           Je cherche mon livre. Où est-il ? - I'm looking for my book. Where is it?
     3. pron. (impersonal pronoun) Impersonal subject; it
           Il pleut. - It’s raining.
y
     1. pron. there (at a place)
           Il est dans la maison. Il y est. - He is in the house. He is there.
     2. pron. there, thither (to there)
           Nous allons au Mexique. Nous y allons. - We are going to Mexico. We are going there.
     3. pron. Used as a pronoun to replace an adverbial phrase starting with à.
           Je pense à mon pays. J'y pense. - I think about my country. I think about it.
     4. pron.          With verbs: see for verbs which use this structure.
     5. pron. With adjectives. Only used with a handful of adjectives (the most common combination being y compris, which is a special case), mainly in legal terminology.
                   personnes y nommées - Persons named there(in)
                   procédures y afférentes - Related procedures
                   documents y relatifs - Related documents
                   eaux y affluentes - Tributary waters
     6. pron. (Quebec, France, colloquial) he: Alternative form of il
     7. pron. (Quebec, France, colloquial) they: Alternative form of ils
     8. pron. (Quebec, colloquial) they: Alternative form of elles
avait
     1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of avoir
     avoir
          1. n-m. asset, possession
          2. v. to have (to own; to possess)
                J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars. - I would like to have 20 dollars.
          3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
                J'ai parlé. - I have spoken, I spoke.
                Qu'est-ce que vous m'avez fait ? - What have you done to me?
          4. v. to have (a condition)
                J'ai faim. - I have hunger.
                J'ai soif. - I have thirst.
                J'ai froid. - I have cold.
                J'ai chaud. - I have hot.
                J'ai la chiasse. - I have the shits.
                J'ai le rhume. - I have a cold.
                J'ai le SIDA. - I have AIDS.
                J'ai de la fièvre. - I've got a fever.
          5. v. to have (a measure or age)
                Elle a 19 ans. - She has 19 years.
          6. v. to have (to trick)
                Tu t'es fait avoir. - You've been had.
          7. v. to have (to participate in an experience)
                avoir des relations sexuelles - to have sexual relations
          8. v. (indtr, à) to have (to), must +preo, à, infinitive
                J'ai à vous parler. - I have to talk to you.
y avoir
     1. v. (impersonal, transitive) there be
           Il y a deux raisons. - There are two reasons.
eu
     1. Participle. past participle of avoir
     avoir
          1. n-m. asset, possession
          2. v. to have (to own; to possess)
                J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars. - I would like to have 20 dollars.
          3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
                J'ai parlé. - I have spoken, I spoke.
                Qu'est-ce que vous m'avez fait ? - What have you done to me?
          4. v. to have (a condition)
                J'ai faim. - I have hunger.
                J'ai soif. - I have thirst.
                J'ai froid. - I have cold.
                J'ai chaud. - I have hot.
                J'ai la chiasse. - I have the shits.
                J'ai le rhume. - I have a cold.
                J'ai le SIDA. - I have AIDS.
                J'ai de la fièvre. - I've got a fever.
          5. v. to have (a measure or age)
                Elle a 19 ans. - She has 19 years.
          6. v. to have (to trick)
                Tu t'es fait avoir. - You've been had.
          7. v. to have (to participate in an experience)
                avoir des relations sexuelles - to have sexual relations
          8. v. (indtr, à) to have (to), must +preo, à, infinitive
                J'ai à vous parler. - I have to talk to you.
aussi
     1. adv. too, also, as well
           Moi aussi - Me too.
     2. adv. as ((used for equal comparisons))
           Mon fils est rendu aussi grand que moi. - My son has gotten as tall as me.
     3. conj. therefore
trois
     1. num. three
nouveaux
     1. adj. masculine plural of nouveau
     nouveau
          1. adj. new, novel
          2. n-m. new person, new thing
morts
     1. adj. masculine plural of mort
     2. n. plural of mort
     mort
          1. Participle. past participle of mourir
          2. adj. dead
                Le roi est mort. - The king is dead.
          3. n-m. dead person
          4. n-f. death
et
     1. conj. and
trente
     1. num. thirty
huit
     1. num. eight
nouveaux
     1. adj. masculine plural of nouveau
     nouveau
          1. adj. new, novel
          2. n-m. new person, new thing
cas
     1. n-m. case, situation
           dans la très grande majorité des cas - in the great majority of cases
     2. n-m. (medicine) case
     3. n-m. (law) case
           cas clinique - clinical case
     4. n-m. (grammar) case
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