si |
1. conj. if, whether | |
Je me demande si elle sera seule. - I wonder if she'll be alone. | |
Je veux savoir si tu viendras ou non. - I want to know if you're coming or not. | |
2. conj. if (assuming that) | |
Si j'avais ses pouvoirs, je créerais un monde où le mal n'existe pas. - If I had his power, I'd create a world where evil didn't exist. | |
Si tu n'avais pas appelé, je serais morte. - If you hadn't called, I'd be dead. | |
3. conj. even if | |
4. conj. although, while | |
5. interj. yes (used to contradict a negative statement) | |
Tu ne m’aimes pas, n’est-ce pas ? — Si ! - You don’t like me, do you? — Yes, I do! | |
Moi, je n'ai rien fait ! — Si ! - I didn't do anything! — Yes, you did! | |
6. adv. so, such (intensifier) | |
J’étais si fatigué ces jours-ci que je n’avais pas le courage de vous écrire. - I was so tired those days that I didn't have the energy to write to you. | |
Cela n'aurait pas été une si bonne idée. - That wouldn't have been such a good idea. | |
7. adv. (si + adjective/adverb + que ...) however (to whatever extent or degree) | |
Si bavard qu'il soit, il ne dit rien de stupide. - However talkative he may be, he doesn't say anything stupid. | |
8. n-m. (music) si, the note 'B' | |
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. | |
Me |
1. n. Abbreviation of Maître/Maitre(, a title given to lawyers and notaries public.) | |
2. pron. (direct object) me | |
Est-ce que tu me vois ? - Do you see me? | |
3. pron. (indirect object) to me | |
Émilien me donne un peu d'argent. - Émilien gave some money to me. | |
paies |
1. v. second-person singular present of payer | |
2. n. plural of paie | |
payer |
1. v. to pay (for) | |
payer une amende - pay a fine | |
payer un service - pay for a service | |
2. v. to pay (someone) | |
payer la caissière - pay the cashier | |
Il m'a payé 3 euros. - He paid me 3 euros. | |
3. v. to buy (something) | |
Nous payons les courses. - We're buying the groceries. | |
4. v. pay for (suffer the consequences of something) | |
Tu vas payer pour ce que tu as fait à ma sœur. - You're going to pay for what you did to my sister. | |
5. v. to pay off (to be fruitful) | |
Mes efforts ont payé. - My efforts paid off. | |
paie |
1. n-f. pay, salary | |
2. v. first-person singular present of payer | |
3. v. third-person singular present of payer | |
4. v. second-person singular imperative of payer | |
une |
1. num. feminine singular of un | |
2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
glace |
1. n-f. ice | |
2. n-f. ice cream | |
3. n-f. glass | |
4. n-f. mirror | |
5. v. singular present of glacer | |
6. v. second-person singular imperative of glacer | |
glacer |
1. v. to freeze; to turn to ice | |
2. v. (figuratively, transitive) to freeze | |
3. v. to ice (cover with icing) | |
4. v. to turn to ice (become ice) | |
je |
1. pron. I | |
te |
1. pron. (direct object) you | |
Il te cite souvent. - He often quotes you. | |
2. pron. (indirect object) you | |
Il te donne le livre. - He gives you the book. | |
3. pron. yourself | |
Tu te souviens d'elle. - You remind yourself of her. | |
donnerai |
1. v. first-person singular future of donner | |
donner |
1. v. to give, to transfer the possession/holding of something to someone else | |
2. v. to donate | |
3. v. to come across | |
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) | |
baiser |
1. n-m. kiss | |
2. n-m. , t=By the kiss my Modeste gives me I can guess what is passing within her. I know whether she has received what she was looking for, or whether she is uneasy or expectant. There are many gradations i | |
3. v. (dated, outside, Canada) to kiss | |
4. v. (vulgar slang) to fuck, screw | |
Je l’ai baisée. - I fucked her. | |
J’ai envie de baiser. - I want to fuck. | |
5. v. (vulgar slang) to prevail over someone, fuck, screw | |
L’enfoiré croyait m’avoir, mais je l’ai bien baisé. - The asshole thought he had me, but I screwed him. | |
6. v. (vulgar slang) to break, deteriorate, to fuck up | |
En forçant sur l’écrou, j’ai baisé le filetage. - By forcing the nut, I fucked up the screw thread. | |