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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.
avais
1. v. first-person singular imperfect indicative of avoir
2. v. second-person singular imperfect indicative of avoir
avoir
1. n-m. asset, possession
2. v. to have (to own; to possess)
J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars. - I would like to have 20 dollars.
3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
J'ai parlé. - I have spoken, I spoke.
Qu'est-ce que vous m'avez fait ? - What have you done to me?
4. v. to have (a condition)
J'ai faim. - I have hunger.
J'ai soif. - I have thirst.
J'ai froid. - I have cold.
J'ai chaud. - I have hot.
J'ai la chiasse. - I have the shits.
J'ai le rhume. - I have a cold.
J'ai le SIDA. - I have AIDS.
J'ai de la fièvre. - I've got a fever.
5. v. to have (a measure or age)
Elle a 19 ans. - She has 19 years.
6. v. to have (to trick)
Tu t'es fait avoir. - You've been had.
7. v. to have (to participate in an experience)
avoir des relations sexuelles - to have sexual relations
8. v. (indtr, à) to have (to), must +preo, à, infinitive
J'ai à vous parler. - I have to talk to you.
ti
1. part. (dated, colloquial) (question marker)
perdu
1. Participle. past participle of perdre
2. adj. lost
perdre
1. v. to lose (be unable to find)
J'ai perdu les clés, mais un de mes amis les a trouvées. - I lost my keys, but one of my friends found them.
2. v. to lose (not win)
3. v. to get lost
Ils se sont perdus dans la forêt dense. - They got lost in the dense forest.
Le
1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese
2. art. the (definite article)
Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning.
3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind.
4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg.
5. art. (before units) a, an
Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour
6. pron. (direct object) him, it
Où est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas. - Where is Malik? I don't see him.
Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture. - My bag? I'm going to put it in the car.
7. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English
Je suis petit et lui, il l’est aussi. - ... and he is it too
sens
1. n-m. meaning, sense
le sens ultime de la vie - the ultimate meaning of life
Les mots ont un sens. - Words have meanings.
2. n-m. sense, sensation
3. n-m. sense, intelligence
bon sens - common sense
Je préfère fréquenter ceux qui manquent de bon sens.
4. n-m. direction of circulation
voie à sens unique
en tous sens, dans tous les sens
5. v. first-person singular present indicative of sentir
6. v. second-person singular present indicative of sentir
7. v. second-person singular imperative of sentir
sentir
1. v. to smell (to have a certain odor)
Ça sent bon. - It smells good.
2. v. to taste
3. v. to feel (physical perception)
4. v. to smell of, taste of
Ce repas sent l’ail. - This meal smells/tastes of garlic.
5. v. to smack of; to indicate, foreshadow
Ça sent la pluie. - It looks like rain.
6. v. to have the character, manner, feeling or appearance of; to give a feeling of
7. v. to feel, be aware of, be conscious of
8. v. to feel (in oneself)
9. v. to show, be felt (of effect, improvement etc.)
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est
1. adj. east
2. n-m. east
3. v. third-person singular 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
ce
1. det. this, that
2. pron. (subject of être, with predicative adjectives or relative clauses, singular only) it, this, that (see § Usage notes, below)
C'est beau ! - It is beautiful!
est-ce que...? - is it that...?
ce dont je parlais - that which I was speaking of
C'eût été avec plaisir, mais... - It would have been with pleasure, but...
C'eût été dommage... - It would have been a pity...
3. pron. (subject of être, with predicate nouns) he, she, it, this, that
C'est un/une célébrité. - He/she is a celebrity.
Ce sont des célébrités. - These are celebrities.
Ce sont des gens bien. - These are good people.
ce semble - it seems
ce peuvent être... - these may be...
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.
ce que
1. pron. (accusative, relative) what (relative pronoun - direct object)
C'est ce que font les gens bien. - This is what good people do.
Cela n'est pas ce que je voulais. - That isn't what I wanted.
Il avait bien conscience de ce qu'il avait fait. - He knew perfectly well what he had done.
Ce que dit le roi est vrai, parce que le roi le dit. - What the king says is true, because the king says it.
A est à B ce que C est à D - A is to B as C is to D
2. pron. (accusative, interrogative) what (in indirect questions)
Savez-vous ce qu’il dit ? - Do you know what he says?
Savez-vous ce que vous faites ? - Do you know what you're doing?
est-ce que
1. part. Used to introduce a yes-or-no question.
Est-ce que tu veux une chambre ? - Do you want a bedroom?
Est-ce qu’elle est arrivée ? - Has she arrived?
2. part. Used after a preposed interrogative to introduce the remainder of the question.
Quand est-ce que les élèves retournent à l’école ? - When do the students return to school?
Combien de musées est-ce qu’il y a en France ? - How many museums are there in France?
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.
avais
1. v. first-person singular imperfect indicative of avoir
2. v. second-person singular imperfect indicative of avoir
avoir
1. n-m. asset, possession
2. v. to have (to own; to possess)
J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars. - I would like to have 20 dollars.
3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
J'ai parlé. - I have spoken, I spoke.
Qu'est-ce que vous m'avez fait ? - What have you done to me?
4. v. to have (a condition)
J'ai faim. - I have hunger.
J'ai soif. - I have thirst.
J'ai froid. - I have cold.
J'ai chaud. - I have hot.
J'ai la chiasse. - I have the shits.
J'ai le rhume. - I have a cold.
J'ai le SIDA. - I have AIDS.
J'ai de la fièvre. - I've got a fever.
5. v. to have (a measure or age)
Elle a 19 ans. - She has 19 years.
6. v. to have (to trick)
Tu t'es fait avoir. - You've been had.
7. v. to have (to participate in an experience)
avoir des relations sexuelles - to have sexual relations
8. v. (indtr, à) to have (to), must +preo, à, infinitive
J'ai à vous parler. - I have to talk to you.
perdu
1. Participle. past participle of perdre
2. adj. lost
perdre
1. v. to lose (be unable to find)
J'ai perdu les clés, mais un de mes amis les a trouvées. - I lost my keys, but one of my friends found them.
2. v. to lose (not win)
3. v. to get lost
Ils se sont perdus dans la forêt dense. - They got lost in the dense forest.
Le
1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese
2. art. the (definite article)
Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning.
3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind.
4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg.
5. art. (before units) a, an
Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour
6. pron. (direct object) him, it
Où est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas. - Where is Malik? I don't see him.
Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture. - My bag? I'm going to put it in the car.
7. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English
Je suis petit et lui, il l’est aussi. - ... and he is it too
sens
1. n-m. meaning, sense
le sens ultime de la vie - the ultimate meaning of life
Les mots ont un sens. - Words have meanings.
2. n-m. sense, sensation
3. n-m. sense, intelligence
bon sens - common sense
Je préfère fréquenter ceux qui manquent de bon sens.
4. n-m. direction of circulation
voie à sens unique
en tous sens, dans tous les sens
5. v. first-person singular present indicative of sentir
6. v. second-person singular present indicative of sentir
7. v. second-person singular imperative of sentir
sentir
1. v. to smell (to have a certain odor)
Ça sent bon. - It smells good.
2. v. to taste
3. v. to feel (physical perception)
4. v. to smell of, taste of
Ce repas sent l’ail. - This meal smells/tastes of garlic.
5. v. to smack of; to indicate, foreshadow
Ça sent la pluie. - It looks like rain.
6. v. to have the character, manner, feeling or appearance of; to give a feeling of
7. v. to feel, be aware of, be conscious of
8. v. to feel (in oneself)
9. v. to show, be felt (of effect, improvement etc.)

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