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je
1. pron. I
pense
1. v. first-person singular present of penser
2. v. third-person singular present of penser
3. v. second-person singular imperative of penser
penser
1. v. to think, reflect, concentrate one's mind on something
Penser tout haut. - Think aloud, speak one's mind freely.
2. v. to estimate, imagine, believe
Vous n'en êtes pas où vous pensez. - You are not where you think you are.
Il y a, je pense, dix kilomètres de chez vous chez moi. - It is ten kilometres, I estimate, from your place to my place.
J'irai vous voir demain, je pense. - I will see you tomorrow, I suppose.
La chose n'est pas si facile qu'on le pense. - The thing is not as simple as one might believe.
Je ne pensais pas que vous vous méprendriez sur le sens de mes paroles. - I didn't imagine you would be mistaken on the sense of my words.
3. v. (originally with a que sentence) to be of the opinion that, believe
Je pensais qu'il était de vos amis. - I thought he was a friend.
Je veux être d'accord avec toi, mais je ne pense pas que nous ayons besoin de son aide. - I want to agree with you, but I don't think we need his help.
Je pense comme vous. - I agree with your view.
Il ne dit rien qu'il ne pense. - He doesn't say anything he doesn't believe.
Dites librement ce que vous pensez. - Cavalierly state your opinion.
J'espère qu'il ne pense pas ce qu'il dit. - I hope he doesn't believe what he is saying.
Faites-moi connaître votre façon de penser. - Tell me how you think about it.
Pensez-vous ? - Do you really believe that? (1935, punning at the dialogue partner's missing belief in his own statement)
4. v. to be absorbed by a worry or depressing thoughts
5. v. to conceive a project
6. v. (with de + object) to evoke the image or remembrance of someone in one's mind
Penser d'aucun.
7. v. (with à + object) to attach one's thinking to someone, especially lovingly
Pensez à moi. - Think of me.
Il ne pense qu'à celle qu'il aime. - He only thinks but of his beloved.
8. v. (with infinitive) to believe being or doing something
Il pense être plus habile que les autres. - He believes being smarter than others.
Il ne pensait pas être observé. - He didn't think he was being observed.
J'ai pensé mourir. - I thought I was going to die.
9. v. (with mal or bien + de + object) to think well or badly, to have a high or low opinion of someone
C'est un homme qui pense toujours mal des autres. - It's a man who always thinks badly of others.
Je ne pense de cette affaire ni bien ni mal. - I don't think neither well nor badly of this affair.
Que pensez-vous de cet homme ? - What do you think about this man?
10. v. (with de + infinitive) to try or prepare to do something
Penser de faire qqc.
11. v. to reflect on something
Soi penser qqc.
12. v. (with à + object) to bear, keep something in mind, to consider something
Le mal vient sans qu'on y pense. - Evil comes without one thinking of it.
Faire ou dire une chose sans penser à mal. - Do or say something without meaning to harm.
À quoi pensez-vous ? - What are you thinking?
13. v. (with infinitive) to intend to do, aim at doing something
Je pensais aller vous voir. - I fancied paying you a visit.
Que pensez-vous faire ? - What do you intend to do?
14. v. to have something in one's mind (c. 1220 in Barlaam et Josaphat, ed. C. Appel, 5623)
C'est un homme qui ne dit jamais ce qu'il pense. - That's a man who never says what he thinks.
Il pense beaucoup de choses qu'il ne dit pas. - He thinks a lot of things he doesn't say.
15. v. (with à + infinitive) to intend to do, aim at doing something
À quoi pensez-vous de vous conduire ainsi ? - What are you aiming at by behaving like this?
Je suis trop de vos amis pour avoir pensé à vous nuire. - I am too much your friend to think of harming you.
Je pensais à aller vous voir hier. - I considered to visit you yesterday.
16. v. (with mal, obsolete) to intend to do something bad
Penser mal.
17. v. (with à + object) to take care of
Il nous a reçus admirablement, il a pensé à tout. - He has welcomed us admirably, he has thought of everything.
18. v. (with bien, in politics, religion, moral) to have opinions in accordance with the agreed principles
Bien penser.
19. v. (with adverb or adverbial expression) to have a certain intellectual tendency, preference or property
Penser finement, noblement, singulièrement, hardiment. - To think finely, nobly, in a singular way, boldly.
Penser avec justesse. - To think with accuracy.
Penser juste. - To think in the right way.
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.
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.
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
hautement
1. adv. highly, very
improbable
1. adj. unlikely, improbable (not likely)
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.
je
1. pron. I
revoie
1. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of revoir
2. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of revoir
revoir
1. v. to see again
2. v. to re-examine
jamais
1. adv. (ne ... jamais) never
Je ne l’ai jamais vue. - I’ve never seen her.
2. adv. ever
Es-tu jamais allé en France ? - Have you ever been to France?
ma
1. det. feminine singular of mon
Ma mère est venue me voir. - My mother came to see me.
moto
1. n-f. bike, motorbike (motorcycle)

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