| 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. | |
| se |
| 1. pron. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun. | |
| 2. pron. (to) himself | |
| 3. pron. (to) herself | |
| 4. pron. (to) oneself | |
| 5. pron. (to) itself | |
| 6. pron. (to) themselves | |
| 7. pron. (to) each other | |
| 8. pron. (Louisiana) (The second-person plural reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.) | |
| Je suis partie à la chasse et faut vous autres se comportes bien. - I'm going hunting and y'all need to behave yourselves. | |
| 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 | |
| s'est |
| 1. contraction. se + est (third-person singular indicative present form of être) | |
| tâté |
| 1. Participle. past participle of tâter | |
| tâter |
| 1. v. to feel (touch lightly, to sense consistency or temperature) | |
| 2. v. to get a feel for | |
| 3. v. (obsolete, slang) to go to see someone | |
| là |
| 1. adv. referring to physical place | |
| 2. adv. there | |
| Je t'attendrai là. - I'll wait for you there. | |
| 3. adv. here; present (used with être) | |
| Je suis (toujours) là. - I'm (still) here. | |
| 4. adv. (referring to an abstract destination or goal); there | |
| Je suis presque là. - I'm almost there. | |
| dessus |
| 1. adv. on | |
| 2. adv. on top | |
| 3. adv. upstairs | |
| 4. adv. over | |
| Il m'a craché dessus. - he spat on me | |
| 5. prep. (dated) on, on top of | |
| 6. n-m. upside; top side | |
| 7. n-m. the upper hand; advantage | |
| là-dessus |
| 1. adv. on this, here | |
| Mettez ce livre là-dessus. - Put this book here. | |
| 2. adv. thereupon, with this | |
