je |
1. pron. I | |
mis |
1. v. first-person singular past historic of mettre | |
2. v. second-person singular past historic of mettre | |
3. Participle. past participle of mettre | |
4. Participle. masculine plural of mi | |
mettre |
1. v. to put; to place | |
2. v. to put on | |
3. v. to set (to lay a table) | |
4. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to start (+ à) (something / doing something), to get around to doing something | |
ma |
1. det. feminine singular of mon | |
Ma mère est venue me voir. - My mother came to see me. | |
main |
1. n-f. hand | |
2. n-f. (soccer) handball | |
3. n-f. (poker) hand | |
sur |
1. prep. on, upon | |
2. prep. on top of | |
3. prep. from on top of | |
4. prep. above | |
5. prep. out of | |
sept sur dix - seven out of ten | |
6. prep. in the case of | |
7. prep. about, concerning | |
8. prep. (informal, France) in (a place) | |
sur Paris - in Paris | |
9. adj. sour | |
sa |
1. det. (possessive) his, her, its, their, one's | |
Emma est allée chez sa sœur. - Emma went to her sister's house. | |
Pierre a perdu sa carte d'identité. - Pierre has lost his identity card. | |
Sa voiture est blanche. - Their car is white. | |
bouche |
1. n-f. mouth | |
2. v. first-person singular present of boucher | |
3. v. third-person singular present of boucher | |
4. v. second-person singular imperative of boucher | |
boucher |
1. n-m. butcher | |
2. v. to cork up | |
3. v. to bung | |
4. v. to block up | |
en |
1. prep. in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes) | |
J'habite en Angleterre. - I live in England. | |
2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes) | |
Il est allé en France. - He went to France. | |
3. prep. by (used to indicate means) | |
aller en bus - go by bus | |
partir en voiture - leave by car | |
4. prep. as | |
Il me traite en ami. - He treats me as a friend. | |
habillé en père Noël - dressed as Father Christmas | |
5. prep. at (used to describe an ability) | |
fort en histoire - good at history | |
6. prep. of, made of (used to describe composition) | |
une chaise en hêtre - a chair made of beech/a beech chair | |
une fourchette en métal - a fork made of metal/a metal fork | |
7. prep. in (during the following time (used for months and years)) | |
en 1993 - in 1993 | |
en janvier - in January | |
en septembre 2001 - in September 2001 | |
8. prep. (followed by a gerund) while | |
9. prep. (followed by a gerund) by, in describing a way of getting something | |
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. - It was by cheating that he became champion. | |
10. prep. in (used to describe color) | |
une photo en noir et blanc - a photo in black and white | |
11. prep. in (used to describe feelings) | |
en détresse - in distress | |
12. prep. in (as part of something) | |
en équipe - on a team | |
13. pron. (Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)) | |
Essaies-en ! - Try some (of it / them)! | |
Tu as combien de livres ? J'en ai trois. - How many books do you have? I have three (of them). | |
Y a-t-il beaucoup de pièces ? Oui. Il y en a beaucoup. - Are there many rooms? Yes, there are many (of them). | |
Martin a trois sandwichs, mais j'en ai seulement deux. - Martin has three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them). | |
Il y en a combien ? - How many of them are there? | |
Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin - I drink alcohol because I need (of) it. | |
14. pron. Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned; from there, from it. Replaces the phrase de là or d’ici. | |
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. - Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she comes (from there). | |
riant |
1. Participle. present participle of rire | |
2. Participle. (preceded by en) gerund of rire | |
3. adj. laughing (in the process of laughing) | |
rire |
1. v. to laugh (de at, about) | |
2. n-m. laugh | |