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Nous voyons la mer pour la première fois

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nous
     1. pron. the plural personal pronoun in the first person:
     2. pron.          (subject pronoun) we.
     3. pron.          (object pronoun) us, to us.
     4. pron. (royal, obsolete) we (as the royal we)
     5. n-m. the nous, (divine) reason in philosophy
voyons
     1. v. first-person plural present indicative of voir
     2. v. first-person plural imperative of voir
     3. interj. really!
     4. interj. yeah right!
     voir
          1. v. to see (visually)
          2. v. to see (to understand)
          3. v. to see (to visit, to go and see)
          4. adv. (Louisiana French) please (used to mark the imperative)
la
     1. art. the (definite article)
     2. pron. her, it (direct object)
     3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A'
mer
     1. n-f. sea (large body of water)
     2. n-f. (used with the definite article) the ocean (the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface)
pour
     1. prep. for (meant for, intended for) (followed by a noun or pronoun)
     2. prep. for (in support of)
     3. prep. for (as a consequence for)
     4. prep. for (an intended destination)
     5. prep. to (to bring about an intended result) (followed by a verb in the infinitive)
     6. prep. for, to (according to)
la
     1. art. the (definite article)
     2. pron. her, it (direct object)
     3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A'
première
     1. adj. feminine of premier
     2. n-f. (of a film) premiere, première
     3. n-f. first (new event, something never done before)
     4. n-f. (France) the penultimate year of lycée
     5. n-f. first, first gear
     6. n-f. first class (public transport)
     premier
          1. adj. (ordinal) first
          2. adj. prime (number etc)
          3. n-m. first
          4. n-m. premier
          5. n-m. prime minister
          6. adv. first
fois
     1. n-f. time (an instance or repetition of something happening)
     2. n-f. (arithmetic) times, multiplied by
     3. n. plural of foi
     foi
          1. n-f. faith
          2. n-f. (heraldry) a depiction of a handshake
première fois
     1. n-f. first time (the first instance of sexual intercourse)




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