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Les élèves vont à l'école en car.

Translation

The pupils go to school by coach.



Analysis


les
     1. art. plural of le: the
     2. art. plural of la: the
     3. pron. plural of le: them
     4. pron. plural of la: them
élèves
     1. v. second-person singular present of élever
     2. n. plural of élève
     élever
          1. v. to raise
          2. v. to bring up
          3. v. to elevate, to enhance
          4. v. to be heard, to rise
          5. v. to rise, to soar
     élève
          1. n. (masculine, referring to a boy) schoolboy, pupil, student
          2. n. (masculine, referring to a child of unspecified sex) schoolchild, pupil, student
          3. n. (feminine) schoolgirl, pupil, student
          4. v. first-person singular present of élever
          5. v. third-person singular present of élever
          6. v. second-person singular imperative of élever
vont
     1. v. third-person plural present indicative of aller
     2. v. third-person plural present indicative of vader
     aller
          1. v. to go + à, location (object) = to
          2. v. to attend (school, church regularly) (+preo, à)
          3. v. (when followed by an infinitive verb) to be going (to); will soon; (forms a near-future tense)
          4. v. (when followed by an adverb) to be (feeling)
          5. v. to go well + avec (object) = with (clothes, colors, etc.)
          6. v. to suit (+preo, à, someone)
          7. v. to be X-proof (to be suitable for use in an appliance without running the risk of being damaged in the process) (+preo, à)
          8. n-m. outward trip; journey out; trip away
à
     1. Notes. In Canada, à and a are not homophones, à a, a ɑː.
     2. prep. to (destination)
     3. prep. to (until)
     4. prep. on the, to (some directions)
     5. prep. at (said of a particular time)
     6. prep. at, in, on (said of a particular place)
     7. prep. Used in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations
     8. prep. from (origin)
     9. prep. of (belonging to)
     10. prep. till, until (used in farewells)
     11. prep. (cuisine) cooked in or with
     12. prep. Used to make compound nouns to state what something is used for
     13. prep. (before an infinitive) to (used to express something not completed)
     14. prep. Used to describe a part of something, often translated into English as a compound adjective
     15. prep. by
     16. prep. or, to (used to express an approximate number)
     17. prep. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb.
     18. prep. with
le
     1. art. the (definite article)
     2. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
     3. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
     4. art. (before units) a, an
     5. pron. (direct object) him, it
     6. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English
à le
     1. prep. (Louisiana French, Cajun French) Alternative form of au, to the
école
     1. n-f. school
en
     1. prep. in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes)
     2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes)
     3. prep. by (used to indicate means)
     4. prep. as
     5. prep. at (used to describe an ability)
     6. prep. of, made of (used to describe composition)
     7. prep. in (during the following time (used for months and years))
     8. prep. (followed by a gerund) while
     9. prep. (followed by a gerund) by, in describing a way of getting something
     10. prep. in (used to describe color)
     11. prep. in (used to describe feelings)
     12. prep. in (as part of something)
     13. pron. (Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.))
     14. pron. Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned; from there, from it. Replaces the phrase de là or d’ici.
car
     1. conj. as, since, because, for
     2. n-m. a single-decked long-distance, or privately hired, bus, a coach




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