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Sentence

Ses chaussures ne rentrent pas dans son sac.

Translation

Her shoes don't fit in her bag.



Analysis


ses
     1. det. his, her, its, their, one's (when referring to a plural noun)
chaussures
     1. n. plural of chaussure
     chaussure
          1. n-f. shoe
          2. n-f. the shoe industry
ne
     1. part. (literary) not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with only a few particular verbs: see usage notes)
     2. part. not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below)
     3. part. (Used in a subordinate clause before a subjunctive verb (especially when the main verb expresses doubt or fear), to provide extra overtones of doubt or uncertainty (but not negating its verb); the so-
     4. part. In comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative
rentrent
     1. v. third-person plural present of rentrer
     rentrer
          1. v. to go back, to re-enter
          2. v. to go (back) home, to come (back) home
          3. v. to get in, to go in, to fit in
          4. v. to bring in, to get in, to put in
          5. v. to score (a goal)
          6. v. to collide (with), crash (into), run (into)
pas
     1. n-m. step, pace, footstep
     2. n-m. (geography) strait, pass
     3. n-m. thread, pitch (of a screw or nut)
     4. adv. The most common adverb of negation in French, typically translating into English as not, don't, doesn't, etc.
dans
     1. prep. (literal, figurative) in, inside (enclosed in a physical space, a group, a state)
     2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain large subdivisions, see usage notes)
     3. prep. in, within (a longer period of time)
     4. prep. (with respect to time) during
     5. prep. out of, from
     6. prep. (metonymy) in; in the works of
     7. prep. (colloquial) (Used in dans les)
     8. n. plural of dan
son
     1. n-m. sound
     2. det. (possessive) his, her, their, its (used to qualify masculine nouns and before a vowel)
     3. n-m. bran
sac
     1. n-m. bag, sack
     2. n-m. (dated slang) ten French francs
     3. n-m. plunder, loot




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