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' | |
vous |
1. pron. the plural personal pronoun in the second person: | |
2. pron. (subject pronoun) you (all). | |
Vous allez - You (all) go. | |
3. pron. (direct object pronoun) you (all). | |
Je vous adore. - I love you (all). | |
4. pron. you, to you (indirect object pronoun): | |
Je vous donnerai mon adresse. - I will give you my address / I will give my address to you. | |
5. pron. (formal, polite) plural or singular personal pronoun in the second person: | |
Monsieur, je ne peux pas vous le dire - Sir, I cannot tell you. | |
pensez |
1. v. second-person plural present indicative of penser | |
2. v. second-person plural imperative of penser | |
penser |
1. v. to think, reflect, concentrate one's mind on something | |
Penser tout haut. - Think aloud, speak one's mind freely. | |
2. v. to estimate, imagine, believe | |
Vous n'en êtes pas où vous pensez. - You are not where you think you are. | |
Il y a, je pense, dix kilomètres de chez vous chez moi. - It is ten kilometres, I estimate, from your place to my place. | |
J'irai vous voir demain, je pense. - I will see you tomorrow, I suppose. | |
La chose n'est pas si facile qu'on le pense. - The thing is not as simple as one might believe. | |
Je ne pensais pas que vous vous méprendriez sur le sens de mes paroles. - I didn't imagine you would be mistaken on the sense of my words. | |
3. v. (originally with a que sentence) to be of the opinion that, believe | |
Je pensais qu'il était de vos amis. - I thought he was a friend. | |
Je veux être d'accord avec toi, mais je ne pense pas que nous ayons besoin de son aide. - I want to agree with you, but I don't think we need his help. | |
Je pense comme vous. - I agree with your view. | |
Il ne dit rien qu'il ne pense. - He doesn't say anything he doesn't believe. | |
Dites librement ce que vous pensez. - Cavalierly state your opinion. | |
J'espère qu'il ne pense pas ce qu'il dit. - I hope he doesn't believe what he is saying. | |
Faites-moi connaître votre façon de penser. - Tell me how you think about it. | |
Pensez-vous ? - Do you really believe that? (1935, punning at the dialogue partner's missing belief in his own statement) | |
4. v. to be absorbed by a worry or depressing thoughts | |
5. v. to conceive a project | |
6. v. (with de + object) to evoke the image or remembrance of someone in one's mind | |
Penser d'aucun. | |
7. v. (with à + object) to attach one's thinking to someone, especially lovingly | |
Pensez à moi. - Think of me. | |
Il ne pense qu'à celle qu'il aime. - He only thinks but of his beloved. | |
8. v. (with infinitive) to believe being or doing something | |
Il pense être plus habile que les autres. - He believes being smarter than others. | |
Il ne pensait pas être observé. - He didn't think he was being observed. | |
J'ai pensé mourir. - I thought I was going to die. | |
9. v. (with mal or bien + de + object) to think well or badly, to have a high or low opinion of someone | |
C'est un homme qui pense toujours mal des autres. - It's a man who always thinks badly of others. | |
Je ne pense de cette affaire ni bien ni mal. - I don't think neither well nor badly of this affair. | |
Que pensez-vous de cet homme ? - What do you think about this man? | |
10. v. (with de + infinitive) to try or prepare to do something | |
Penser de faire qqc. | |
11. v. to reflect on something | |
Soi penser qqc. | |
12. v. (with à + object) to bear, keep something in mind, to consider something | |
Le mal vient sans qu'on y pense. - Evil comes without one thinking of it. | |
Faire ou dire une chose sans penser à mal. - Do or say something without meaning to harm. | |
À quoi pensez-vous ? - What are you thinking? | |
13. v. (with infinitive) to intend to do, aim at doing something | |
Je pensais aller vous voir. - I fancied paying you a visit. | |
Que pensez-vous faire ? - What do you intend to do? | |
14. v. to have something in one's mind (c. 1220 in Barlaam et Josaphat, ed. C. Appel, 5623) | |
C'est un homme qui ne dit jamais ce qu'il pense. - That's a man who never says what he thinks. | |
Il pense beaucoup de choses qu'il ne dit pas. - He thinks a lot of things he doesn't say. | |
15. v. (with à + infinitive) to intend to do, aim at doing something | |
À quoi pensez-vous de vous conduire ainsi ? - What are you aiming at by behaving like this? | |
Je suis trop de vos amis pour avoir pensé à vous nuire. - I am too much your friend to think of harming you. | |
Je pensais à aller vous voir hier. - I considered to visit you yesterday. | |
16. v. (with mal, obsolete) to intend to do something bad | |
Penser mal. | |
17. v. (with à + object) to take care of | |
Il nous a reçus admirablement, il a pensé à tout. - He has welcomed us admirably, he has thought of everything. | |
18. v. (with bien, in politics, religion, moral) to have opinions in accordance with the agreed principles | |
Bien penser. | |
19. v. (with adverb or adverbial expression) to have a certain intellectual tendency, preference or property | |
Penser finement, noblement, singulièrement, hardiment. - To think finely, nobly, in a singular way, boldly. | |
Penser avec justesse. - To think with accuracy. | |
Penser juste. - To think in the right way. | |
ainsi |
1. adv. in this way, thus | |
vous |
1. pron. the plural personal pronoun in the second person: | |
2. pron. (subject pronoun) you (all). | |
Vous allez - You (all) go. | |
3. pron. (direct object pronoun) you (all). | |
Je vous adore. - I love you (all). | |
4. pron. you, to you (indirect object pronoun): | |
Je vous donnerai mon adresse. - I will give you my address / I will give my address to you. | |
5. pron. (formal, polite) plural or singular personal pronoun in the second person: | |
Monsieur, je ne peux pas vous le dire - Sir, I cannot tell you. | |
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. | |
êtes |
1. v. second-person plural present indicative of être | |
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 | |
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. | |
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".) | |
Homme |
1. Proper noun. Man (genus Homo) | |
2. n-m. man (adult male human) | |
C'est un homme bien, le meilleur d'entre nous. - He's a good man, the best of us. | |
3. n-m. man, Man (species) | |
4. n-m. man (virile male) | |
5. n-m. man (employee) | |