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| je |
| 1. pron. I | |
| vois |
| 1. v. first-person singular present indicative of voir | |
| 2. v. second-person singular present indicative of voir | |
| 3. v. second-person singular imperative of voir | |
| voir |
| 1. v. to see (visually) | |
| Je vois ma mère là-bas. - I see my mother over there. | |
| On ne voit pas souvent de la neige par ici. - One doesn't often see snow around here. | |
| 2. v. to see (to understand) | |
| Tu vois que tu avais tort ? - Do you see that you were wrong? | |
| 3. v. to see (to visit, to go and see) | |
| 4. adv. (Louisiana French) please (used to mark the imperative) | |
| Viens voir ici. - Come here please. | |
| je vois |
| 1. interj. I see, right | |
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| dit |
| 1. Participle. past participle of dire | |
| Il a dit son nom. - He said his name. | |
| 2. Participle. (in names) Indicating a surname used as a family name. | |
| 3. v. third-person singular present indicative of dire | |
| 4. v. third-person singular past historic of dire | |
| « Je m'appelle Paul, » dit-il. - “My name is Paul,” he said. | |
| dire |
| 1. v. to say, to tell | |
| 2. v. (informal) to be of interest to, to interest +preo, à, someone | |
| Ça te dit de regarder un film de science-fiction? - Do you want to watch a science fiction movie? What do you say to watching a science fiction movie? | |
| Ça vous dit ? - Are you interested in doing this? Are you up for it? | |
| Il m'a demandé si ça nous dirait de nous joindre à eux plus tard. - He asked me if we'd like to join them later. | |
| Ça ne me dit trop rien d'y aller. - I don't really want to go there. | |
| 3. v. (informal) to sound familiar +preo, à, someone | |
| Ça me dit quelque chose. - It rings a bell. | |
| Ça ne me dit rien. - It doesn't ring a bell. | |
| 4. n-m. saying (that which is said) | |
| 5. n-m. belief, opinion | |
| Le |
| 1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese | |
| 2. art. the (definite article) | |
| Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning. | |
| 3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English. | |
| L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind. | |
| 4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc. | |
| Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg. | |
| 5. art. (before units) a, an | |
| Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour | |
| 6. pron. (direct object) him, it | |
| Où est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas. - Where is Malik? I don't see him. | |
| Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture. - My bag? I'm going to put it in the car. | |
| 7. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English | |
| Je suis petit et lui, il l’est aussi. - ... and he is it too | |
| aveugle |
| 1. adj. blind (physically unable to see) | |
| une personne aveugle - a blind person | |
| 2. adj. (figuratively) blind (having poor judgement; unable or unwilling to acknowledge, or to put any effort toward understanding) | |
| 3. adj. (figuratively) blind (unguided or unchecked by objective judgement) | |
| amour aveugle - blind love | |
| foi aveugle - blind faith | |
| 4. n. a blind man or woman | |
| 5. v. first-person singular present of aveugler | |
| 6. v. third-person singular present of aveugler | |
| 7. v. second-person singular imperative of aveugler | |
| aveugler |
| 1. v. to blind (make temporarily or permanently blind) | |
| tandis |
| 1. prep. (poetic) whilst | |
| 2. prep. while | |
| que |
| 1. conj. that (introduces a subordinate noun clause and connects it to its parent clause) | |
| Je vois que tu parles bien français. - I see that you speak French well. | |
| 2. conj. Substitutes for another, previously stated conjunction. | |
| Si le temps est beau et que tout le monde est d'accord, nous mangerons en plein air. - If the weather is nice and if everyone likes the idea, we'll eat outside. | |
| 3. conj. when, no sooner | |
| Il était à peine parti qu’elle a téléphoné à la police. - No sooner had he left when she called the police. | |
| 4. conj. (Links two noun phrases in apposition forming a clause without a (finite) verb, such that the complement acts as predicate.) | |
| 5. conj. introduces a comparison | |
| 6. conj. (comparisons of superiority or inferiority) than | |
| Il est plus grand que son père. - He is taller than his father. | |
| 7. conj. (comparisons of equality) as | |
| Elle est aussi intelligente que toi. - She is as smart as you. | |
| 8. conj. (used with ne) only, just; but, nothing but | |
| Je ne mange que des fruits. - I eat nothing but fruit. | |
| 9. conj. how (in rhetorical interjections) | |
| Que c'est beau! - How beautiful it is! | |
| Mais que t'es drôle, quoi. - Oh, how funny you are. | |
| 10. pron. (tlb, interrogative) | |
| 11. pron. (slightly formal, accusative) (The inanimate direct-object interrogative pronoun.) | |
| Que pensez-vous de cette peinture ? - What do you think of that painting? | |
| Qu'auriez-vous fait d'autre ? - What else would you have done? | |
| 12. pron. (slightly formal, nominative) (The inanimate subject or predicative interrogative pronoun.) | |
| Qu'est-il arrivé ? - What happened? | |
| Que me vaut cette visite ? - To what do I owe this visit? | |
| Que sommes-nous ? - What are we? | |
| 13. pron. (accusative, relative) (The direct object relative pronoun.) | |
| C'est un homme que je connais très bien. - He's a man whom I know very well. | |
| Je viens de lire la lettre que vous m'avez envoyée. - I've just read the letter that you sent me. | |
| tandis que |
| 1. conj. whereas, while, whilst | |
| il |
| 1. pron. he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject) | |
| Il est parti. - He left. | |
| 2. pron. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects) | |
| Je cherche mon livre. Où est-il ? - I'm looking for my book. Where is it? | |
| 3. pron. (impersonal pronoun) Impersonal subject; it | |
| Il pleut. - It’s raining. | |
| ramassait |
| 1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of ramasser | |
| ramasser |
| 1. v. to pick up; to collect, gather | |
| 2. v. to huddle up, to crouch | |
| son |
| 1. n-m. sound | |
| Le son de ce piano est agréable. (The sound of this piano is nice.) | |
| 2. det. (possessive) his, her, their, its (used to qualify masculine nouns and before a vowel) | |
| Elle a perdu son chapeau. - She lost her hat. | |
| Il a perdu son chapeau. - He lost his hat. | |
| J'aime son amie. - I like his/her girlfriend. | |
| La décision a été prise pendant son absence. - The decision was taken in her/his absence. | |
| 3. n-m. bran | |
| Ceci est du pain de son. - This bread is done with bran. | |
| marteau |
| 1. n-m. a hammer used for pounding | |
| 2. n-m. a machine tool that pounds | |
| 3. n-m. a hammer-shaped tool used to hit something, such as a gavel | |
| 4. n-m. a rapper; a door knocker | |
| 5. n-m. (music) a piano or dulcimer hammer | |
| 6. n-m. (anatomy) the malleus | |
| 7. n-m. (athletics) a throwing hammer | |
| 8. n-m. (technical) a hammer with bas relief marks used to create imprints on wood, leather etc. | |
| 9. n-m. (curling) the advantage of throwing the last stone | |
| 10. n-m. (clockmaking) the part of a clock that strikes the bell | |
| 11. adj. (dated, informal) crazy; deranged | |
| et |
| 1. conj. and | |
| sa |
| 1. det. (possessive) his, her, its, their, one's | |
| Emma est allée chez sa sœur. - Emma went to her sister's house. | |
| Pierre a perdu sa carte d'identité. - Pierre has lost his identity card. | |
| Sa voiture est blanche. - Their car is white. | |
| scie |
| 1. n-f. saw (tool) | |
| 2. n-f. (slang) cliché | |
| scier |
| 1. v. to saw, to cut with a saw | |
