| puis |
| 1. adv. then; after; next | |
| 2. conj. and | |
| je |
| 1. pron. I | |
| y |
| 1. pron. there (at a place) | |
| Il est dans la maison. Il y est. - He is in the house. He is there. | |
| 2. pron. there, thither (to there) | |
| Nous allons au Mexique. Nous y allons. - We are going to Mexico. We are going there. | |
| 3. pron. Used as a pronoun to replace an adverbial phrase starting with à. | |
| Je pense à mon pays. J'y pense. - I think about my country. I think about it. | |
| 4. pron. With verbs: see for verbs which use this structure. | |
| 5. pron. With adjectives. Only used with a handful of adjectives (the most common combination being y compris, which is a special case), mainly in legal terminology. | |
| personnes y nommées - Persons named there(in) | |
| procédures y afférentes - Related procedures | |
| documents y relatifs - Related documents | |
| eaux y affluentes - Tributary waters | |
| 6. pron. (Quebec, France, colloquial) he: Alternative form of il | |
| 7. pron. (Quebec, France, colloquial) they: Alternative form of ils | |
| 8. pron. (Quebec, colloquial) they: Alternative form of elles | |
| toucher |
| 1. n-m. the act of touching (see below) | |
| 2. n-m. a way of touching | |
| 3. n-m. the sense of touch, tactility | |
| 4. v. to touch (physically) | |
| Ne me touche pas! - Don't touch me! | |
| 5. v. to affect | |
| La maladie touche actuellement 2 millions de personnes. - The disease currently affects 2 million people. | |
| 6. v. To try, to try out | |
| Je n'ai jamais touché au tabac. - I've never tried tobacco. | |
| 7. v. Short for toucher sa bille. To be skillful | |
| Ce mec est un ancien critique d'art. Je peux te dire qu'il touche en peinture! - This guy is a former art critic. Believe me, he knows a thing or two about painting! | |
| 8. v. to receive, to get | |
