les |
1. art. plural of le: the | |
2. art. plural of la: the | |
3. pron. plural of le: them | |
4. pron. plural of la: them | |
temps |
1. n-m. time (in general) | |
je n'ai pas le temps de faire ça - I haven't got (the) time to do that | |
il faut encore du temps - I need more time | |
Il est temps de commencer. - it's time to commence | |
2. n-m. weather | |
le temps n'est pas bon ici - the weather is no good here | |
quel temps fait-il ? - how's the weather? | |
3. n-m. (grammar) tense | |
un temps composé - a compound tense | |
un temps simple - a simple tense | |
changez le temps du verbe - change the tense of the verb | |
sont |
1. v. third-person plural present indicative of être | |
Où est-ce qu'ils sont? - Where are they? | |
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 | |
durs |
1. adj. masculine plural of dur | |
dur |
1. adj. hard, tough (difficult to penetrate) | |
2. adj. hard (not soft) | |
3. adj. hard, tough (not easy, difficult) | |
4. adj. harsh (e.g. harsh conditions) | |
5. adj. (arts) harsh (of a penstroke) | |
6. adv. hard | |
travailler dur - to work hard | |
7. n-m. firmness, solidity | |
8. n-m. hard case (tough person) | |