| je |
| 1. pron. I | |
| vis |
| 1. n-f. screw (metal fastener) | |
| 2. v. first-person singular present indicative of vivre | |
| 3. v. second-person singular present indicative of vivre | |
| 4. v. second-person singular present imperative of vivre | |
| 5. v. first-person singular past historic of voir | |
| 6. v. second-person singular past historic of voir | |
| vivre |
| 1. v. to live | |
| vivre comme un roi - live like a king | |
| 2. v. to experience | |
| voir |
| 1. v. to see (visually) | |
| Je vois ma mère là-bas. - I see my mother over there. | |
| On ne voit pas souvent de la neige par ici. - One doesn't often see snow around here. | |
| 2. v. to see (to understand) | |
| Tu vois que tu avais tort ? - Do you see that you were wrong? | |
| 3. v. to see (to visit, to go and see) | |
| 4. adv. (Louisiana French) please (used to mark the imperative) | |
| Viens voir ici. - Come here please. | |
| ici |
| 1. adv. here | |
| depuis |
| 1. prep. since | |
| On habite ici depuis l'an 2000. - We've lived here since the year 2000. | |
| 2. prep. since, ever since | |
| Depuis son arrivée à la tête du Barça, l'entraîneur catalan a tout gagné. - Ever since he took the helm of Barça, the Catalan coach has won everything. | |
| 3. prep. (regarding time) for ~ | |
| Je vis ici depuis trois ans. - I've lived here for three years. | |
| 4. prep. (regarding time) for the last ~, over the past ~ | |
| Le Marché Monétaire et Ses Crises depuis Cinquante Ans - The Money Market and Its Crises over the Last Fifty Years | |
| 5. prep. from | |
| Le train part depuis Stockholm. - The train leaves from Stockholm. | |
| 6. adv. (informal) ever since, since then | |
| longtemps |
| 1. adv. for a long time; over a long period | |
| Ça fait longtemps que ton frère habite chez toi ? - Has your brother been living at your place for a long time? | |
| C'était comme ça il y a longtemps, mais plus maintenant. - It was like that for a long time, but not now. | |
