Lexis Rex Home



French Sentence Analyser

Use this page to analyse and learn French text. You can copy text into the box below or get a random sentence from our database. Press the Analyse button to get translations of the text and words.




je
     1. pron. I
te
     1. pron. (direct object) you
           Il te cite souvent. - He often quotes you.
     2. pron. (indirect object) you
           Il te donne le livre. - He gives you the book.
     3. pron. yourself
           Tu te souviens d'elle. - You remind yourself of her.
prêterai
     1. v. first-person singular future of prêter
     prêter
          1. v. (indtr, à, ditr=1) to lend
                J'ai prêté ma télévision à Paul. - I lent my television to Paul.
          2. v. (indtr, à, ditr=1) to attribute
                Elle lui prête des qualités qu'il n'a pas. - She attributes qualities to him that he lacks.
          3. v. (indtr, à, .takes a reflexive pronoun) to lend itself to
          4. v. (indtr, à, .takes a reflexive pronoun) to go along with
                Il ne voulait pas se prêter à leurs manœuvres. - He didn't want to go along (or have anything to do) with their schemes.
          5. v. (Louisiana French) to borrow
Le
     1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese
     2. art. the (definite article)
           Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning.
     3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
           L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind.
     4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
           Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg.
     5. art. (before units) a, an
           Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour
     6. pron. (direct object) him, it
           Où est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas. - Where is Malik? I don't see him.
           Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture. - My bag? I'm going to put it in the car.
     7. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English
           Je suis petit et lui, il l’est aussi. - ... and he is it too
argent
     1. n-m. silver
     2. n-m. money, cash
     3. n-m. (tincture) argent (white in heraldry)
mais
     1. conj. but, although
     2. interj. an expression of surprise, disbelief, or frustration roughly equivalent to the English well, or sometimes yeah
           Mais qu'est-ce que tu fais ? - What the heck are you doing?
     3. n. plural of mai
je
     1. pron. I
te
     1. pron. (direct object) you
           Il te cite souvent. - He often quotes you.
     2. pron. (indirect object) you
           Il te donne le livre. - He gives you the book.
     3. pron. yourself
           Tu te souviens d'elle. - You remind yourself of her.
préviens
     1. v. first-person singular present indicative of prévenir
     2. v. second-person singular present indicative of prévenir
     3. v. second-person singular imperative of prévenir
     prévenir
          1. v. to prevent, to avert, to guard against
                C'est la meilleure méthode pour prévenir la fraude et la corruption. - That is the best method of preventing fraud and corruption.
          2. v. to notify, to warn, to forewarn
                Il vous enverra des avertissements afin de vous prévenir de l'arrivée à échéance de votre abonnement. - It will send you warnings to notify you when your subscription is about to expire.
c'est
     1. contraction. it is (used to define the preceding word)
           Le temps, c'est de l'argent. - Time is money.
     2. contraction. it is (used to introduce a focus)
     3. contraction. this is
     ce
          1. det. this, that
          2. pron. (subject of être, with predicative adjectives or relative clauses, singular only) it, this, that (see § Usage notes, below)
                C'est beau ! - It is beautiful!
                est-ce que...? - is it that...?
                ce dont je parlais - that which I was speaking of
                C'eût été avec plaisir, mais... - It would have been with pleasure, but...
                C'eût été dommage... - It would have been a pity...
          3. pron. (subject of être, with predicate nouns) he, she, it, this, that
                C'est un/une célébrité. - He/she is a celebrity.
                Ce sont des célébrités. - These are celebrities.
                Ce sont des gens bien. - These are good people.
                ce semble - it seems
                ce peuvent être... - these may be...
     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
la
     1. art. the (definite article)
     2. pron. her, it (direct object)
           Où est Judith ? Je ne la vois pas. - Where is Judith? I don't see her.
           Prends cette boîte et mets-la dans le coin. - Take that box and put it in the corner.
     3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A'
dernière
     1. adj. feminine singular of dernier
     dernier
          1. adj. last
                Il est parti le mois dernier. - He left last month.
                Je n'ai parlé qu'une fois avec elle depuis l'année dernière. - I haven't spoken with her a single time since last year.
          2. adj. latest (most recent)
                J'espère que les dernières mises à jour vont nous permettre d'achever le projet à temps. I hope that the latest updates allow us to complete the project on time. I hope that the latest updates
          3. adj. latter
fois
     1. n-f. time (an instance or repetition of something happening)
           J'y vais deux fois par mois. - I go there twice a month.
           Je lui ai parlé pour la première fois il y a des années. - I talked to him for the first time a few years ago.
     2. n-f. (arithmetic) times, multiplied by
     3. n. plural of foi
     foi
          1. n-f. faith
          2. n-f. (heraldry) a depiction of a handshake
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary