je |
1. pron. I | |
veux |
1. v. first-person singular present indicative of vouloir | |
2. v. second-person singular present indicative of vouloir | |
3. v. second-person singular imperative of vouloir | |
vouloir |
1. v. to want, wish, desire | |
Je veux voir le soleil. - I want to see the sun. | |
Hitler voulait la guerre, mais beaucoup n'en étaient pas conscients. - Hitler wanted war, but many were not aware of it. | |
2. v. to see oneself as; to give the impression of, to seem | |
3. n-m. will | |
une |
1. num. feminine singular of un | |
2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
cuisine |
1. n-f. kitchen | |
Brian est dans la cuisine - Brian is in the kitchen. | |
2. n-f. cuisine | |
J’aime la cuisine française. - I like French cooking. | |
3. v. first-person singular present of cuisiner | |
4. v. third-person singular present of cuisiner | |
5. v. second-person singular imperative of cuisiner | |
cuisiner |
1. v. to cook (prepare food) | |
Elle a cuisiné un très bon plat. | |
2. v. (colloquial) to grill (bombard with questions) | |
Les policiers m'ont cuisiné tout l'après-midi. | |
comme |
1. conj. as | |
Je travaille comme artiste. - I work as an artist. | |
2. conj. like | |
J'agis comme il faut. - I act like I must. | |
3. conj. how | |
Comme tu es belle ce soir ! - How beautiful you are tonight! | |
4. conj. because, as, since | |
Comme j'étais malade, il est venu me voir. - As I was ill, he came to see me. | |
5. part. (colloquial Canada) like | |
ça |
1. pron. (informal) that | |
J'aimerais ça. - I'd like that. | |
2. pron. (informal) this | |
Je veux ça. - I want this. | |
3. pron. it | |
Ça va. - It's okay. | |
4. pron. (non-gloss, used to indicate actions happening generally without specifying an agent, like on but with a greater suggestion of mass, generalized, unattributable, or confused action); people | |
Partout ça criait, ça hurlait, ça se battait. - There was shouting, screaming, fighting everywhere. | |
5. pron. (Louisiana French) they | |
6. n-m. (psychoanalysis) id | |
comme ça |
1. adv. just like that (suddenly and unexpectedly) | |
Il jouait dans le jardin et soudain, comme ça, il est tombé. - He was playing in the garden and suddenly, just like that, he fell over. | |
2. adv. like that (without preparation, without checking) | |
(par, à froid, de tête, de mémoire) | |
Là comme ça, ça ne me dit rien. | |
Là comme ça, je ne saurais pas te dire. - I don't know off the top of my head. | |
3. adv. that way, as a result | |
4. adj. (slang) large, big | |