| French > English |
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| quelle heure est-il |
| 1. Phrase. what time is it? |
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| Analysis |
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| quelle |
| 1. adj. feminine singular of quel: |
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| 2. adj. which? |
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| C'est quelle femme ? |
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| : Which woman is it? |
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| 3. adj. (exclamation) What a ...! |
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| heure |
| 1. n-f. hour, time |
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| C'est l'heure de partir. - It's time to leave. |
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| 2. n-f. o'clock |
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| est |
| 1. adj. east |
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| 2. n-m. east |
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| 3. v. third-person singular present indicative of être |
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| être |
| 1. v. to be |
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| Vous devez être plus clairs. - You must be clearer. |
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| 2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs) |
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| Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. - After having gone to yoga, I came back home. |
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| 3. v. (semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice) |
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| il |
| 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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