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. | |
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. | |
mange |
1. v. first-person singular present of manger | |
2. v. third-person singular present of manger | |
3. v. second-person singular imperative of manger | |
manger |
1. v. to eat | |
J'ai mangé de la viande pour le souper. - I ate some meat for dinner. | |
2. v. to eat | |
C'est bizarre que je ne mange rien. - It's strange that I don't eat anything. | |
Manger au restaurant. - To eat in a restaurant. | |
3. n-m. food, foodstuff | |
Cette boulangérie a du manger délicat. - This bakery has elegant food | |
ni |
1. conj. neither; nor | |
2. conj. , t=(...) accidental or intercurrent constitutions are neither less important nor easier to explain. | |
viande |
1. n-f. meat | |
2. n-f. (obsolete) food | |
3. n-f. (sexuality) an object of sexual desire; a piece of meat | |
ni |
1. conj. neither; nor | |
2. conj. , t=(...) accidental or intercurrent constitutions are neither less important nor easier to explain. | |
Poisson |
1. Proper noun. surname, French metonymic | |
2. n-m. fish (marine animal) | |
Poisson sans boisson est poison. - Fish without drink is poison. | |