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y |
1. pron. there (at a place) | |
Il est dans la maison. Il y est. - He is in the house. He is there. | |
2. pron. there, thither (to there) | |
Nous allons au Mexique. Nous y allons. - We are going to Mexico. We are going there. | |
3. pron. Used as a pronoun to replace an adverbial phrase starting with à. | |
Je pense à mon pays. J'y pense. - I think about my country. I think about it. | |
4. pron. With verbs: see for verbs which use this structure. | |
5. pron. With adjectives. Only used with a handful of adjectives (the most common combination being y compris, which is a special case), mainly in legal terminology. | |
personnes y nommées - Persons named there(in) | |
procédures y afférentes - Related procedures | |
documents y relatifs - Related documents | |
eaux y affluentes - Tributary waters | |
6. pron. (Quebec, France, colloquial) he: Alternative form of il | |
7. pron. (Quebec, France, colloquial) they: Alternative form of ils | |
8. pron. (Quebec, colloquial) they: Alternative form of elles | |
est |
1. adj. east | |
2. n-m. east | |
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of être | |
être |
1. v. to be | |
Vous devez être plus clairs. - You must be clearer. | |
2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs) | |
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. - After having gone to yoga, I came back home. | |
3. v. (semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice) | |
Il peut être battu ce soir. - He can be beaten this evening. | |
4. n-m. being, creature | |
5. n-m. being, the state or fact of existence | |
ça y est |
1. Phrase. idiomatic | |
2. Phrase. there we go, there you go, there you have it, that's it, etc. | |
Ça y est ! On est arrivé ! - That's it! We're here! | |
Ça y est ! J’ai finalement compris ! - There we go! I finally understand! | |
Ça y est ! Ça marche ! - There you go! It's working! | |
3. Phrase. there you have it | |
Alors, voilà, ça y est. - So, there it is, there you have it. | |
ça |
1. pron. (informal) that | |
J'aimerais ça. - I'd like that. | |
2. pron. (informal) this | |
Je veux ça. - I want this. | |
3. pron. it | |
Ça va. - It's okay. | |
4. pron. (non-gloss, used to indicate actions happening generally without specifying an agent, like on but with a greater suggestion of mass, generalized, unattributable, or confused action); people | |
Partout ça criait, ça hurlait, ça se battait. - There was shouting, screaming, fighting everywhere. | |
5. pron. (Louisiana French) they | |
6. n-m. (psychoanalysis) id | |
marche |
1. n-f. march (formal, rhythmic way of walking) | |
2. n-f. march (song in the genre of music written for marching) | |
3. n-f. walk (distance walked) | |
4. n-f. movement (of a vehicle) | |
5. n-f. functioning | |
6. n-f. step (step of a stair) | |
7. n-f. marches (region near a border) | |
8. v. first-person singular present of marcher | |
9. v. third-person singular present of marcher | |
10. v. second-person singular imperative of marcher | |
marcher |
1. v. to walk | |
Il marche au milieu de la rue. - He is walking in the middle of the street | |
2. v. to travel; to move; to march | |
3. v. (figurative) to work, to function | |
Comment ça marche ? - How does it work? | |
Cet appareil ne marche plus. - This device isn't working anymore. | |
4. v. to step | |
Marcher sur le pied de quelqu’un. - To step on the foot of someone | |
5. v. to cooperate | |
Je ne marche plus. - I am no longer in. | |
6. v. to believe | |
Il marche. - He believes my joke. | |
Il m'a fait marcher. - He took me for a ride. | |
ça marche |
1. Phrase. (informal) OK, all right, sure, sure thing, sounds good, that's fine, that works for me | |