| quels |
| 1. adj. masculine plural of quel | |
| 2. pron. masculine plural of quel | |
| quel |
| 1. det. which | |
| Quel mec a volé mon pantalon? - Which guy stole my pants? | |
| Des psychologues ont essayé d'analyser quels traits physiques étaient considérés comme attirants. - Psychologists have tried to analyse which physical traits are considered attractive | |
| 2. det. (exclamative) what | |
| Quelle catastrophe! - What a catastrophe! | |
| 3. pron. (interrogative) what | |
| Quel est son nom? - What is his name? | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| aliments |
| 1. n. plural of aliment | |
| aliment |
| 1. n-m. food | |
| que |
| 1. conj. that (introduces a subordinate noun clause and connects it to its parent clause) | |
| Je vois que tu parles bien français. - I see that you speak French well. | |
| 2. conj. Substitutes for another, previously stated conjunction. | |
| Si le temps est beau et que tout le monde est d'accord, nous mangerons en plein air. - If the weather is nice and if everyone likes the idea, we'll eat outside. | |
| 3. conj. when, no sooner | |
| Il était à peine parti qu’elle a téléphoné à la police. - No sooner had he left when she called the police. | |
| 4. conj. (Links two noun phrases in apposition forming a clause without a (finite) verb, such that the complement acts as predicate.) | |
| 5. conj. introduces a comparison | |
| 6. conj. (comparisons of superiority or inferiority) than | |
| Il est plus grand que son père. - He is taller than his father. | |
| 7. conj. (comparisons of equality) as | |
| Elle est aussi intelligente que toi. - She is as smart as you. | |
| 8. conj. (used with ne) only, just; but, nothing but | |
| Je ne mange que des fruits. - I eat nothing but fruit. | |
| 9. conj. how (in rhetorical interjections) | |
| Que c'est beau! - How beautiful it is! | |
| Mais que t'es drôle, quoi. - Oh, how funny you are. | |
| 10. pron. (tlb, interrogative) | |
| 11. pron. (slightly formal, accusative) (The inanimate direct-object interrogative pronoun.) | |
| Que pensez-vous de cette peinture ? - What do you think of that painting? | |
| Qu'auriez-vous fait d'autre ? - What else would you have done? | |
| 12. pron. (slightly formal, nominative) (The inanimate subject or predicative interrogative pronoun.) | |
| Qu'est-il arrivé ? - What happened? | |
| Que me vaut cette visite ? - To what do I owe this visit? | |
| Que sommes-nous ? - What are we? | |
| 13. pron. (accusative, relative) (The direct object relative pronoun.) | |
| C'est un homme que je connais très bien. - He's a man whom I know very well. | |
| Je viens de lire la lettre que vous m'avez envoyée. - I've just read the letter that you sent me. | |
| tu |
| 1. pron. you (singular); thou | |
| 2. Participle. past participle of taire | |
| 3. part. (Quebec, informal) (question marker) | |
| C'est-tu possible ? - Is it possible? | |
| taire |
| 1. v. to quieten, to shut up, to silence | |
| Faites taire vos enfants ! - Shut your children up! | |
| 2. v. to shut up (one's self), to be quiet, to fall silent, to stop talking | |
| Tais-toi! - Be quiet!/Shut up! | |
| 3. v. To keep (a matter) quiet, to keep secret, not to say | |
| Je l'ai entendu de quelqu'un dont je préfère taire le nom. - I heard it from someone whose name I'd rather keep to myself. | |
| manges |
| 1. v. second-person singular present of manger | |
| manger |
| 1. v. to eat | |
| J'ai mangé de la viande pour le souper. - I ate some meat for dinner. | |
| 2. v. to eat | |
| C'est bizarre que je ne mange rien. - It's strange that I don't eat anything. | |
| Manger au restaurant. - To eat in a restaurant. | |
| 3. n-m. food, foodstuff | |
| Cette boulangérie a du manger délicat. - This bakery has elegant food | |
| habituellement |
| 1. adv. usually, habitually | |
| avec |
| 1. prep. (accompaniment) with | |
| Je suis revenu avec lui. - I have returned with him. | |
| Voudriez-vous y aller avec moi ? - Would you like to come with me? | |
| Ils m'ont dit qu'ils étaient avec toi. - They told me that they were with you. | |
| 2. prep. (manner, instrument) with | |
| Je l'ai fait avec plaisir. - I did it with pleasure. | |
| 3. adv. (informal) too, also | |
| Il en est vraiment content. —Bien, moi avec. - He's really happy about it. —Well, me too. | |
| un |
| 1. art. an, a | |
| 2. num. number box, fr | |
| 3. num. one | |
| 4. pron. one, someone | |
| 5. n-m. one (the number or figure) | |
| couteau |
| 1. n-m. knife | |
| et |
| 1. conj. and | |
| une |
| 1. num. feminine singular of un | |
| 2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
| 3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
| fourchette |
| 1. n-f. fork (for eating) | |
| 2. n-f. diner, eater | |
| Mon oncle était une fourchette réputée. - My uncle was a renowned diner. | |
| 3. n-f. wishbone | |
| 4. n-f. (statistics) range | |
| Les taux d'équipement par ménage dans la Communauté stagnent, dans une fourchette allant de 96 % en Espagne à 77 % en Suède. - Equipment to household ratios in the Community are becoming stagna | |
| 5. n-f. (chess) fork | |
| 6. n-f. band, bracket (as of taxes) | |
| 7. n-f. frog (part of a horse's hoof) | |
