| 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. | |
| toujours |
| 1. adv. always | |
| Il est toujours en retard. - He is always late. | |
| Parfois, peut-être même souvent, mais certainement pas toujours - Sometimes, maybe even often, but certainly not always | |
| 2. adv. still | |
| 3. adv. , A man who you might think came straight out of the Renaissance, and who was assassinated in 1975, for reasons which still haven't been elucidated. | |
| Je suis toujours là. - I'm still here. | |
| Elle n'est toujours pas revenue. - She still hasn't come back. | |
| chez |
| 1. prep. to, at, in or into the home, office, etc. of | |
| 2. prep. , translation=I go into where the two of you live, because it was my place, when it was our place (...) | |
| 3. prep. , lit=I enter your place, as it was my place, (etc.) | |
| chez moi - at my house | |
| chez lui - at his house | |
| chez Françoise - at Françoise’s | |
| chez le dentiste - at the dentist | |
| chez l'avocat - at the lawyer's office | |
| 4. prep. by extension, to, at or in the country of | |
| une spécialité bien de chez nous - a true specialty of our country | |
| rentrer chez soi - to return to one's country | |
| 5. prep. in; among (a group of things or people of the same type) | |
| Cette maladie se voit souvent chez les chiens. - This illness is often seen among dogs. | |
| le TDAH chez l'adulte - ADHD in adults | |
| 6. prep. in the work of (an author or artist) | |
| C'est un thème très important chez Baudelaire. - That is a very important theme in Baudelaire's work. | |
| le symbolisme des couleurs chez Picasso - color symbolism in Picasso's work | |
| mon |
| 1. det. (possessive) my (used to qualify masculine nouns and vowel-initial words regardless of gender) | |
| J'ai perdu mon chapeau. - I lost my hat. | |
| La décision a été prise pendant mon absence. - The decision was taken in my absence. | |
| 2. det. Followed by rank, obligatory way of addressing a (male) superior officer within the military. (Folk etymology: military-specific short for "monsieur".) | |
| Père |
| 1. Proper noun. (Christianity) Father, person of the Holy Trinity | |
| 2. Proper noun. (Christianity) Father, (title for priests) | |
| 3. n-m. father (parent) | |
| 4. n-m. father (clergyman) | |
| 5. n-m. Sr. (senior) (postnomial title used to indicate a father that shares the same name as the son) | |
