je |
1. pron. I | |
ai |
1. v. first-person singular present indicative of avoir | |
J'ai un chien. - I have a dog. | |
entendu |
1. Participle. past participle of entendre | |
2. adj. understood | |
3. adj. heard | |
4. adj. accepted, decided following a discussion | |
entendre |
1. v. to hear | |
2. v. to be able to hear | |
3. v. (literary) to listen to | |
4. v. (formal) to mean | |
Qu'entendez-vous par là ? - What do you mean by that?entendez-vous par là ?, What do you mean by that? | |
Qu'entendait-il par « attristé par la tranquilité » ? - What does he mean by "saddened by the tranquility"?entendait-il par « attristé par la tranquilité » ?, What does he mean by "saddened by | |
5. v. to agree with each other | |
6. v. to have good relations with; to get on; to get along | |
Je m'entends bien avec elle. - I get along well with her.entends bien avec elle., I get along well with her. | |
Si seulement mes enfants s’entendaient ! - If only my kids got along! | |
7. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be good or competent at something | |
s'y entendre en (...) - to be good at ... | |
8. v. (rare) to desire; to wish; to intend | |
comme je l’entends - as I wish | |
J'entends bien régler cette question une bonne fois pour toutes. - I fully intend to solve this issue once and for all.entends bien régler cette question une bonne fois pour toutes., I fully in | |
9. v. (dated) to demand | |
10. v. (dated) to know | |
entendre |
1. v. to hear | |
2. v. to be able to hear | |
3. v. (literary) to listen to | |
4. v. (formal) to mean | |
Qu'entendez-vous par là ? - What do you mean by that?entendez-vous par là ?, What do you mean by that? | |
Qu'entendait-il par « attristé par la tranquilité » ? - What does he mean by "saddened by the tranquility"?entendait-il par « attristé par la tranquilité » ?, What does he mean by "saddened by | |
5. v. to agree with each other | |
6. v. to have good relations with; to get on; to get along | |
Je m'entends bien avec elle. - I get along well with her.entends bien avec elle., I get along well with her. | |
Si seulement mes enfants s’entendaient ! - If only my kids got along! | |
7. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be good or competent at something | |
s'y entendre en (...) - to be good at ... | |
8. v. (rare) to desire; to wish; to intend | |
comme je l’entends - as I wish | |
J'entends bien régler cette question une bonne fois pour toutes. - I fully intend to solve this issue once and for all.entends bien régler cette question une bonne fois pour toutes., I fully in | |
9. v. (dated) to demand | |
10. v. (dated) to know | |
parler |
1. v. to speak, talk | |
Il a commencé à parler à l’âge de quatre ans. - He began to speak at the age of four. | |
Ils ont parlé plusieurs heures avant d’aller se coucher. - They spoke several hours before going to sleep. | |
2. v. to be able to communicate in a language; to speak | |
Elle parle couramment français. - She speaks French fluently | |
3. v. (heraldry) to cant; (of a coat of arms) to make a pun of its bearer's name | |
Armes parlantes. | |
4. v. takes a reflexive pronoun | |
se parler à soi-même - to talk to oneself | |
5. n-m. parlance | |
6. n-m. vernacular, dialect | |
entendre parler |
1. v. (indtr, que) to hear (of) | |
Est-ce que tu as entendu parler de l'homme qui est arrivé ? - Have you heard about the person who just arrived? | |
Vous n'en entendrez plus jamais parler. - You will never hear about it again. | |
Vous avez dû entendre parler que ... - You had to have heard that ..., You had to have heard that ... | |
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 | |
vos |
1. det. plural of votre; your | |
Vos parents sont très gentils. - Your parents are very nice. | |
votre Your |
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problèmes |
1. n. plural of problème | |
problème |
1. n-m. problem | |
2. n-m. trouble | |