après |
1. prep. after, later than in time. | |
On mange après avoir bu. - We eat after we drink. | |
après la fête - after the party | |
2. prep. after, coming for, trying to get (someone). | |
3. adv. afterwards | |
On va au cinéma après. - We'll go to the cinema afterwards. | |
4. adv. (Louisiana French) (Indicates the continuous aspect) | |
les |
1. art. plural of le: the | |
2. art. plural of la: the | |
3. pron. plural of le: them | |
4. pron. plural of la: them | |
malheurs |
1. n. plural of malheur | |
malheur |
1. n-m. sadness, unhappiness | |
J’étais tellement déçue qu’il ait plu le jour de notre mariage ! C’était vraiment un malheur. - I was so disappointed that it rained on our wedding day! It was truly a sad moment. | |
2. n-m. misfortune | |
Il y a eu beaucoup de malheurs dans ma vie. Ça craint mais j'en ai beaucoup appris. - There have been a lot of misfortunes in my life. It sucks but I've learned a lot from them. | |
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. | |
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. | |
a |
1. n. a, the name of the Latin-script letter A | |
2. pron. (Quebec, colloquial) alt form-lite, elle, , she | |
C'te fille-là, a'a l'air cute. - This girl, she looks cute. | |
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of avoir | |
Elle a un chat. - She has a cat. | |
avoir |
1. n-m. asset, possession | |
2. v. to have (to own; to possess) | |
J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars. - I would like to have 20 dollars. | |
3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs) | |
J'ai parlé. - I have spoken, I spoke. | |
Qu'est-ce que vous m'avez fait ? - What have you done to me? | |
4. v. to have (a condition) | |
J'ai faim. - I have hunger. | |
J'ai soif. - I have thirst. | |
J'ai froid. - I have cold. | |
J'ai chaud. - I have hot. | |
J'ai la chiasse. - I have the shits. | |
J'ai le rhume. - I have a cold. | |
J'ai le SIDA. - I have AIDS. | |
J'ai de la fièvre. - I've got a fever. | |
5. v. to have (a measure or age) | |
Elle a 19 ans. - She has 19 years. | |
6. v. to have (to trick) | |
Tu t'es fait avoir. - You've been had. | |
7. v. to have (to participate in an experience) | |
avoir des relations sexuelles - to have sexual relations | |
8. v. (indtr, à) to have (to), must +preo, à, infinitive | |
J'ai à vous parler. - I have to talk to you. | |
subis |
1. v. first-person singular present indicative of subir | |
2. v. second-person singular present indicative of subir | |
3. v. first-person singular past historic of subir | |
4. v. second-person singular past historic of subir | |
5. v. second-person singular imperative of subir | |
6. Participle. masculine plural of subi | |
subir |
1. v. to suffer | |
2. v. to undergo, be subjected to | |
3. v. to have (an operation, medical test etc.); to take (an exam) | |
4. v. to put up with (someone or something) | |
cet |
1. det. this | |
Homme |
1. Proper noun. Man (genus Homo) | |
2. n-m. man (adult male human) | |
C'est un homme bien, le meilleur d'entre nous. - He's a good man, the best of us. | |
3. n-m. man, Man (species) | |
4. n-m. man (virile male) | |
5. n-m. man (employee) | |
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 | |
Apprendre le français est plus facile qu'on ne pense. - Learning French is easier than you (might) think. | |
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 | |
plus |
1. adv. more, -er (used to form comparatives of adjectives) | |
Ton voisin est plus moche que mon frère. - Your neighbour is uglier than my brother. | |
Le tien est beaucoup plus grand que le mien. - Yours is much bigger than mine. | |
Elle est plus belle que sa cousine. - She is more beautiful than her cousin. | |
Elles sont toutes plus entêtées les unes que les autres. - They are each more stubborn than the last. | |
2. adv. more, -er (used to form comparatives of adverbs) | |
Elle le fait plus rapidement que lui. - She does it more quickly than he does. | |
plus vite ! - faster! | |
3. adv. (after a verb) more, -er (indicating a higher degree or quantity) | |
Je travaille plus en ce moment. - I am working more at the moment. | |
Je veux faire plus. - I want to do more. | |
4. adv. more (indicating a greater quantity) (+preo, noun) | |
Elle a plus de chocolat. - She has more chocolate. | |
Plus de la moitié reste. - More than half is left. | |
5. adv. more (supplementary, preceded by de) | |
Une heure de plus et il serait mort. - One more hour and he would be dead. | |
Un kilo de plus, s'il vous plaît. - One more kilo, please. | |
6. adv. (preceded by a definite article) the most, -est (used to form superlatives of adjectives and adverbs) | |
la plus grande - the biggest | |
le plus difficile - the most difficult | |
7. adv. (usually with the negative particle ne, see usage notes below) no longer, not ... any more | |
Tu n'existes plus. - You no longer exist. / You don't exist any more. | |
Il n'y a plus de travail. - There is no more work. | |
8. adv. (elliptically, introducing each clause) the more ..., the more ... | |
Plus je vois, plus je veux. - The more I see, the more I want. | |
9. adv. (similarly, used with other comparatives) the more ..., the ... | |
Plus j'écoute, moins je comprends. - The more I listen, the less I understand. | |
10. n-m. plus, the symbol + | |
11. v. singular past historic of plaire | |
12. Participle. masculine plural of plu | |
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. | |
une |
1. num. feminine singular of un | |
2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
épave |
1. n-f. wreck (ship, car, etc.) | |
2. n-f. (figuratively) human wreck, basket case | |
3. n-f. wreckage, piece of wreckage; flotsam | |
4. n-f. (legal) derelict | |
5. n-f. ruins | |