| Analysis |
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| il |
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| 1. pron. he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject) |
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| Il est parti. - He left. |
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| 2. pron. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects) |
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| Je cherche mon livre. Où est-il ? - I'm looking for my book. Where is it? |
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| 3. pron. (impersonal pronoun) Impersonal subject; it |
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| y |
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| 1. pron. there (at a place) |
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| Il est dans la maison. Il y est. - He is in the house. He is there. |
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| 2. pron. there, thither (to there) |
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| Nous allons au Mexique. Nous y allons. - We are going to Mexico. We are going there. |
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| 3. pron. Used as a pronoun to replace an adverbial phrase starting with à. |
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| a |
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| 1. n. a, the name of the Latin-script letter A |
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| 2. pron. (Quebec, colloquial) alt form-lite, elle, , she |
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| C'te fille-là, a'a l'air cute. - This girl, she looks cute. |
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| 3. v. third-person singular present indicative of avoir |
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| Elle a un chat. - She has a cat. |
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| avoir |
| 1. n-m. asset, possession |
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| 2. v. to have (to own; to possess) |
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| J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars. - I would like to have 20 dollars. |
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| 3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs) |
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| J'ai parlé. - I have spoken, I spoke. |
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| lieu |
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| 1. n-m. place |
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| 2. n-m. any of several fish from the Pollachius family |
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