ne |
1. part. (literary) not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with only a few particular verbs: see usage notes) | |
2. part. not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below) | |
3. part. (Used in a subordinate clause before a subjunctive verb (especially when the main verb expresses doubt or fear), to provide extra overtones of doubt or uncertainty (but not negating its verb); the so- | |
4. part. In comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative | |
Apprendre le français est plus facile qu'on ne pense. - Learning French is easier than you (might) think. | |
rentre |
1. v. first-person singular present of rentrer | |
2. v. third-person singular present of rentrer | |
3. v. second-person singular imperative of rentrer | |
rentrer |
1. v. to go back, to re-enter | |
rentrer dans la salle - go back in(to) the room/re-enter the room | |
2. v. to go (back) home, to come (back) home | |
À trois heures du matin, je suis rentré chez moi. - At three in the morning, I went home. | |
3. v. to get in, to go in, to fit in | |
Ses chaussures ne rentrent pas dans son sac. - Her shoes don't fit in her bag. | |
4. v. to bring in, to get in, to put in | |
Rentre ta monnaie dans ta poche. - Put your change in your pocket. | |
5. v. to score (a goal) | |
6. v. to collide (with), crash (into), run (into) | |
Fais attention! Tu as failli me rentrer dedans! - Watch out! You nearly ran into me! | |
pas |
1. n-m. step, pace, footstep | |
2. n-m. (geography) strait, pass | |
Pas de Calais - Strait of Dover | |
3. n-m. thread, pitch (of a screw or nut) | |
4. adv. The most common adverb of negation in French, typically translating into English as not, don't, doesn't, etc. | |
Je ne sais pas. - I don't know | |
Ma grande sœur n'habite pas avec nous. - My big sister doesn't live with us. | |
J’veux pas travailler. - I don't wanna work. | |
trop |
1. adv. too; too much | |
La soupe est trop chaude. - The soup is too hot. | |
J'ai trop mangé. - I have eaten too much. | |
2. adv. (colloquial intensifier) very, really, so | |
Elle est trop belle ! - She is so beautiful! | |
tard |
1. adv. late | |
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".) | |
lapin |
1. n-m. rabbit | |