| je |
| 1. pron. I | |
| ai |
| 1. v. first-person singular present indicative of avoir | |
| J'ai un chien. - I have a dog. | |
| besoin |
| 1. n-m. need | |
| 2. n-m. want (state of being in need) | |
| de |
| 1. prep. of (expresses belonging) | |
| Paris est la capitale de la France. - Paris is the capital of France. | |
| 2. prep. of (used to express property or association) | |
| Œuvres de Fermat - Fermat’s Works | |
| Elle est la femme de mon ami. - She is my friend’s wife. | |
| le voisin de Gabriel - Gabriel's neighbor | |
| 3. prep. from (used to indicate origin) | |
| Elle vient de France. - She comes from France. | |
| Êtes-vous de Suisse ? - Are you from Switzerland? | |
| Ce fromage vient d’Espagne. - This cheese is from Spain. | |
| C’est de l’ouest de la France. - It’s from the west of France. | |
| Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. - The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux. | |
| 4. prep. of (indicates an amount) | |
| 5 kilos de pommes. - 5 kilograms of apples. | |
| Un verre de vin - A glass of wine | |
| Une portion de frites - A portion of fries | |
| 5. prep. used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word | |
| Un jus de pomme - Apple juice | |
| Un verre de vin - A glass of wine | |
| Une boîte de nuit - A nightclub | |
| Un chien de garde - A guarddog | |
| Une voiture de sport - A sportscar | |
| Un stade de football - A football stadium | |
| 6. prep. from (used to indicate the start of a time or range) | |
| De 9:00 à 11:00 je ne serai pas libre. - From 9 to 11 I won’t be free. | |
| Je travaille de huit heures à midi. - I work from 8 o'clock to noon. | |
| un groupe de cinq à huit personnes - a group of from five to eight people | |
| 7. prep. used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive | |
| J’ai arrêté de fumer. - I stopped smoking. | |
| Il continue de m’embêter. - He keeps annoying me. | |
| Elle m’a dit de venir. - She told me to come. | |
| Nous vous exhortons de venir. - We urge you to come. | |
| 8. prep. by (indicates the amount of change) | |
| Boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20 % les risques de contracter une maladie. - Drinking three cups a day would reduce the risks of catching an illness by 20%. | |
| 9. art. Used in the plural with prepositioned adjectives. | |
| Ce sont de bons enfants. - They are good children. | |
| Il y a d’autres exemples. - There are other examples. | |
| 10. art. Used in negated sentences with the grammatical object. | |
| Elle n’a pas de mère. - She doesn’t have a mother. | |
| Il ne mange pas de viande. - He doesn’t eat meat. | |
| Il n’y a pas de problèmes. - There are no problems. | |
| 11. n-f. abbreviation of dame | |
| un |
| 1. art. an, a | |
| 2. num. number box, fr | |
| 3. num. one | |
| 4. pron. one, someone | |
| 5. n-m. one (the number or figure) | |
| nouveau |
| 1. adj. new, novel | |
| 2. n-m. new person, new thing | |
| balai |
| 1. n-m. broom | |
| 2. n-m. broomstick flown by witches | |
| 3. n-m. (colloquial) the last bus or train (at night) | |
| 4. n-m. tail (of a bird of prey) | |
| 5. n-m. brush (electrical contact) | |
| 6. n-m. blade (of windscreen wiper) | |
| 7. n-m. (slang) year (used in referring to someone’s age) | |
| Elle a quarante balais - She’s forty | |
| celui |
| 1. pron. the one | |
| Le bon choix est celui que je vous ai indiqué. - The right choice is the one I have indicated to you. | |
| Les états paranoïaques, tels que ceux de schizophrénie, peuvent sembler superficiellement similaires mais sont caractéristiquement différents. - Paranoid states, such as those of schizophrenia | |
| Contrairement au modèle français, le Président du Conseil ne dispose pas de pouvoir formel, tel que celui de désigner ou renvoyer les autres, ou encore la capacité de dissoudre le Parlement. - | |
| ci |
| 1. adv. here | |
| 2. adv. this | |
| cet homme-ci - this man | |
| Ces choses-ci - these things | |
| Je préfère ce gâteau-ci à celui-là. - I prefer this cake to that one. | |
| 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 | |
| foutu |
| 1. Participle. past participle of foutre | |
| 2. adj. (slang) done for, screwed, fucked, doomed | |
| T’es foutu ! - you’re fucked! | |
| 3. adj. (slang) broken beyond repair, destroyed | |
| Mon ordi est foutu, je dois en acheter un nouveau mais je n'ai plus un rond. | |
| 4. adj. (slang) fucking (as an intensifier), pesky, damned, bloody | |
| Enlève cette foutue voiture du chemin ! - Get this fucking car out of the way! | |
| 5. adj. (slang) liable to, capable of | |
| Il est foutu de tout casser - He's liable to break it all | |
| Ils n'ont même pas été foutus de ranger la cuisine. - They didn't even bother to clean the kitchen. | |
| 6. adj. (slang) (poorly/badly) made, built, executed, devised | |
| Ce truc est trop mal foutu, ya rien qui fonctionne. | |
| 7. adj. (slang) (well) built | |
| Elle est bien foutue. - She has a nice figure/body. | |
| foutre |
| 1. v. to do, to fuck around with, to dick around, to fritter, to tinker | |
| Qu'est-ce qu'elles foutent ? - What the fuck are they doing? | |
| 2. v. to give | |
| Fous-moi la paix ! - Give me a break! | |
| 3. v. to put on/in (quickly), to shove, to stick, to stash | |
| Fous-la dans ton sac. - Stick it in your bag. | |
| Fous ta cagoule ! - Get your balaclava on! | |
| 4. v. to tease, to make fun of, to mock, to not take seriously or to dismiss | |
| Est-ce que vous vous foutez de ma sœur ? - Are you teasing/making fun of my sister? | |
| Se foutraient-ils de sa gueule ? - Would they make fun of his face? | |
| On s'en fout. - We don't give a fuck (about it). | |
| 5. v. to fuck, to screw, to have sex | |
| On a foutu toute la nuit. - We fucked all night long. | |
| 6. v. to fuck off, to jerk off, to wank | |
| Va te faire foutre ! - Fuck off! | |
| 7. n-m. (vulgar, slang) spunk, sperm, cum | |
