elles |
1. pron. they (female) | |
2. pron. them (female) | |
3. n. plural of elle | |
sont |
1. v. third-person plural present indicative of être | |
Où est-ce qu'ils sont? - Where are they? | |
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 | |
toujours |
1. adv. always | |
Il est toujours en retard. - He is always late. | |
Parfois, peut-être même souvent, mais certainement pas toujours - Sometimes, maybe even often, but certainly not always | |
2. adv. still | |
3. adv. , A man who you might think came straight out of the Renaissance, and who was assassinated in 1975, for reasons which still haven't been elucidated. | |
Je suis toujours là. - I'm still here. | |
Elle n'est toujours pas revenue. - She still hasn't come back. | |
sur |
1. prep. on, upon | |
2. prep. on top of | |
3. prep. from on top of | |
4. prep. above | |
5. prep. out of | |
sept sur dix - seven out of ten | |
6. prep. in the case of | |
7. prep. about, concerning | |
8. prep. (informal, France) in (a place) | |
sur Paris - in Paris | |
9. adj. sour | |
la |
1. art. the (definite article) | |
2. pron. her, it (direct object) | |
Où est Judith ? Je ne la vois pas. - Where is Judith? I don't see her. | |
Prends cette boîte et mets-la dans le coin. - Take that box and put it in the corner. | |
3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A' | |
corde |
1. n-f. rope (general) | |
2. n-f. (geometry) chord | |
3. n-f. (music) chord (of a string instrument) | |
4. n-f. chord (vocal chord) | |
5. n-f. line (washing line, for hanging clothes to dry) | |
6. v. first-person singular present of corder | |
7. v. third-person singular present of corder | |
8. v. second-person singular imperative of corder | |
corder |
1. v. to rope up, rope | |
raide |
1. adj. stiff, straight | |
2. adj. steep, abrupt | |
une pente raide - a steep slope | |
3. adj. stubborn | |
4. adj. (of alcohol) rough | |
5. adj. (slang) broke | |
6. adj. (slang) pissed, hammered; high, stoned | |