| 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. | |
| sera |
| 1. v. third-person singular future 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 | |
| mon |
| 1. det. (possessive) my (used to qualify masculine nouns and vowel-initial words regardless of gender) | |
| J'ai perdu mon chapeau. - I lost my hat. | |
| La décision a été prise pendant mon absence. - The decision was taken in my absence. | |
| 2. det. Followed by rank, obligatory way of addressing a (male) superior officer within the military. (Folk etymology: military-specific short for "monsieur".) | |
| remplaçant |
| 1. n-m. substitute, replacement | |
| 2. Participle. present participle of remplacer | |
| remplacer |
| 1. v. to replace | |
| pendant |
| 1. adj. hanging | |
| 2. n-m. stone that dangles on earrings | |
| 3. n-m. match, counterpart | |
| 4. prep. during, throughout, for the duration of | |
| 5. Participle. present participle of pendre | |
| pendre |
| 1. v. to hang | |
| 2. v. to sag, droop | |
| que |
| 1. conj. that (introduces a subordinate noun clause and connects it to its parent clause) | |
| Je vois que tu parles bien français. - I see that you speak French well. | |
| 2. conj. Substitutes for another, previously stated conjunction. | |
| Si le temps est beau et que tout le monde est d'accord, nous mangerons en plein air. - If the weather is nice and if everyone likes the idea, we'll eat outside. | |
| 3. conj. when, no sooner | |
| Il était à peine parti qu’elle a téléphoné à la police. - No sooner had he left when she called the police. | |
| 4. conj. (Links two noun phrases in apposition forming a clause without a (finite) verb, such that the complement acts as predicate.) | |
| 5. conj. introduces a comparison | |
| 6. conj. (comparisons of superiority or inferiority) than | |
| Il est plus grand que son père. - He is taller than his father. | |
| 7. conj. (comparisons of equality) as | |
| Elle est aussi intelligente que toi. - She is as smart as you. | |
| 8. conj. (used with ne) only, just; but, nothing but | |
| Je ne mange que des fruits. - I eat nothing but fruit. | |
| 9. conj. how (in rhetorical interjections) | |
| Que c'est beau! - How beautiful it is! | |
| Mais que t'es drôle, quoi. - Oh, how funny you are. | |
| 10. pron. (tlb, interrogative) | |
| 11. pron. (slightly formal, accusative) (The inanimate direct-object interrogative pronoun.) | |
| Que pensez-vous de cette peinture ? - What do you think of that painting? | |
| Qu'auriez-vous fait d'autre ? - What else would you have done? | |
| 12. pron. (slightly formal, nominative) (The inanimate subject or predicative interrogative pronoun.) | |
| Qu'est-il arrivé ? - What happened? | |
| Que me vaut cette visite ? - To what do I owe this visit? | |
| Que sommes-nous ? - What are we? | |
| 13. pron. (accusative, relative) (The direct object relative pronoun.) | |
| C'est un homme que je connais très bien. - He's a man whom I know very well. | |
| Je viens de lire la lettre que vous m'avez envoyée. - I've just read the letter that you sent me. | |
| pendant que |
| 1. conj. while, whilst, as | |
| Pendant que Monsieur se la coule douce, je trime comme un porc à essayer de nettoyer la cuisinière. | |
| je |
| 1. pron. I | |
| serai |
| 1. v. first-person singular future 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 | |
| parti |
| 1. adj. (heraldry) divided into two equal parts vertically, per pale; said of an escutcheon | |
| 2. adj. (colloquial) drunk | |
| 3. n-m. (politics) party | |
| 4. n-m. parti | |
| 5. n-m. course of action | |
| 6. Participle. past participle of partir | |
| partir |
| 1. v. (obsolete, transitive) to share, to share out, to divide | |
| Avoir maille à partir avec quelqu'un. - To have scores to settle with someone, to have a bone to pick with someone. | |
| 2. v. to go away, leave, depart | |
| 3. v. to originate | |
| Toutes les artères partent du cœur. - All arteries originate from the heart. | |
| 4. v. to die | |
| Il ne s'est pas vu partir - He has not seen death | |
| 5. v. to emanate | |
| Cette croyance est partie d'un mauvais principe. - This belief emanates from an evil principle. | |
| 6. v. (Quebec, informal, transitive) to start | |
| partir une affaire - to start a business | |
