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. | |
Me |
1. n. Abbreviation of Maître/Maitre(, a title given to lawyers and notaries public.) | |
2. pron. (direct object) me | |
Est-ce que tu me vois ? - Do you see me? | |
3. pron. (indirect object) to me | |
Émilien me donne un peu d'argent. - Émilien gave some money to me. | |
laissa |
1. v. third-person singular past historic of laisser | |
laisser |
1. v. to leave, to leave behind | |
Laissez le pistolet sur la table - Leave the gun on the table | |
2. v. to forget, to leave alone | |
3. v. to leave with, to give | |
4. v. to let, to allow | |
5. v. to allow oneself, to let oneself | |
monter |
1. v. to go up, to climb (go to a higher position) | |
2. v. to ascend, go higher, go uphill, go upstairs | |
3. v. to get on, get in (a vehicle) | |
4. v. to rise (get to a higher figurative position (socially, or in a league/division etc.)) | |
5. v. to stage, put on (a show) | |
6. v. to ride (a horse) | |
7. v. to mount (a horse) | |
8. v. to bring up, take up, put up, get up (lift or carry something to a higher position) | |
J'ai monté les valises. - I brought up the cases. | |
9. v. to turn up, put up (increase the volume etc.) | |
10. v. to raise (increase the level, price etc.) | |
11. v. to put up (a tent) | |
Thomas décide de monter son camp pour la nuit. - Thomas decides to set up camp for the night. | |
12. v. to assemble (put together) | |
Une seule personne suffit pour monter le kit étagère atelier. - One person can assemble the shelving kit by themselves. | |
13. v. to string (an instrument) | |
14. v. (cinematography) to edit | |
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. | |
chambre |
1. n-f. a chamber in its various senses, including: | |
2. n-f. a room. | |
3. n-f. a hotel room. | |
4. n-f. a bedroom. | |
5. n-f. a house of a parliament. | |