cette |
1. det. feminine singular of ce | |
affaire |
1. n-f. business; matter; affair | |
affaire importante - important business | |
C'est une affaire d'honneur. - It is a matter of honor. | |
C'est l'affaire d'une minute. - It's a matter of a minute. | |
C'est mon affaire, pas la vôtre. - It's my business, not yours. | |
2. n-f. deal, transaction, bargain | |
conclure une affaire - to close a deal | |
3. n-f. business, enterprise | |
monter une affaire - to set up a business | |
Ils ont repris l'affaire familiale. - They took over the family business. | |
4. n-f. affair, scandal | |
l'affaire Dreyfus - the Dreyfus affair | |
Affaire Fillon - Fillon affair | |
5. n-f. (law) case, trial | |
L'affaire O.J. Simpson fut une des plus médiatisées. - The O. J. Simpson case was one of the most publicized. | |
6. n-f. (informal) things; stuff | |
7. n-f. (informal, chiefly in the plural) belonging (something physical that is owned) | |
8. n-f. (informal, Quebec) thingamajig | |
9. n-f. (informal, Louisiana French) thing | |
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 | |
pas |
1. n-m. step, pace, footstep | |
2. n-m. (geography) strait, pass | |
Pas de Calais - Strait of Dover | |
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. | |
Je ne sais pas. - I don't know | |
Ma grande sœur n'habite pas avec nous. - My big sister doesn't live with us. | |
J’veux pas travailler. - I don't wanna work. | |
encore |
1. adv. still | |
Êtes-vous encore là? - Are you still there? | |
2. adv. more | |
Voulez-vous encore du pain ? - Would you like more bread? | |
Tu en veux encore? - Do you want some more? | |
3. adv. again | |
Écris-le encore une fois! - Write it once again! | |
4. adv. (after the adverb pas) yet, not yet | |
Je n'ai pas encore fini. - I haven't finished yet. | |
pas encore |
1. adv. not yet | |
Je ne suis pas encore prêt. - I'm not ready yet. | |
Est-ce que les autres sont arrivés ? — Pas encore. - Have the others arrived? - Not yet. | |
Je ne m'y suis pas encore fait. - I'm not used to it yet. (I haven't yet gotten used to it.) | |
bien |
1. adj. good, all right, great | |
2. adj. good looking, nice | |
3. adv. well | |
Ça va bien ? - It goes well? | |
Il joue vraiment bien au football. - He plays soccer really well. | |
4. adv. indeed; so | |
Bien, on peut partir maintenant ? - So, can we leave now? | |
5. adv. (followed by de, des, or du) a lot (of) | |
Macy Gray a traversé bien des épreuves. - Macy Gray got through a lot of ordeals. | |
6. adv. very; really | |
C'est bien aimable à vous. - it's very considerate of you. | |
C'est bien beau, mais... - It's all very well, but... | |
Je te trouve bien silencieux aujourd'hui. - You seem very quiet today. | |
Il est bien moche, ce type. Ce type est vraiment moche. - That guy is really ugly. | |
7. adv. (in comparisons) much (more, less, better, etc.) | |
Jérémie est bien plus fort que moi. - Jérémie is much stronger than me. | |
bien meilleur que ... - much better than ..., much better than ... | |
8. n-m. good as opposed to evil | |
9. n-m. a commodity, a good | |
10. n-m. a possession | |
débrouillée |
1. Participle. feminine singular of débrouillé | |
dans |
1. prep. (literal, figurative) in, inside (enclosed in a physical space, a group, a state) | |
vieillir dans la misère - to grow old in poverty | |
être dans l'infanterie - to be in the infantry | |
avoir quelque chose dans la bouche - to have something in the mouth | |
dans les circonstances d'une pandémie - under the circumstances of a pandemic | |
Il habite dans le quartier le plus riche de Paris. - He lives in the richest district of Paris. | |
Il nage comme un poisson dans l'eau. - He swims like a fish in the water. | |
mettre l'argent dans la poche - to put money into one's pocket | |
Bienvenue dans le meilleur bar de tout Paris. - Welcome to the best bar in all of Paris. | |
2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain large subdivisions, see usage notes) | |
Aujourd'hui, je vais dans le Maine, et demain, je vais dans l’État de New York. - Today, I'm going to Maine, and tomorrow, I'm going to New York. | |
3. prep. in, within (a longer period of time) | |
Je serai prêt dans une heure. - I'll be ready in one hour. | |
Il arrivera dans trois jours. - He will arrive in three days. | |
4. prep. (with respect to time) during | |
dans un temps donné - during a given time | |
dans ma jeunesse - in my youth | |
5. prep. out of, from | |
boire dans une tasse - to drink from a cup | |
Il prend le beurre dans le réfrigérateur. - He takes the butter out of the fridge. | |
6. prep. (metonymy) in; in the works of | |
le marxisme dans Sartre - Marxism in the works of Sartre | |
7. prep. (colloquial) (Used in dans les) | |
dans les trentes kilos - about thirty kilos | |
dans les dix euros - about ten euros | |
8. n. plural of dan | |
ma |
1. det. feminine singular of mon | |
Ma mère est venue me voir. - My mother came to see me. | |
tête |
1. n-f. head (part of the body) | |
J'ai mal à la tête - I have a headache | |
2. n-f. head (leader) | |
3. n-f. (soccer) header | |
4. n-f. (colloquial) a bright spark, a quick study | |
Ce type-là, c'est une tête - This guy is a head | |