| 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. | |
| connaissez |
| 1. v. second-person plural present indicative of connaître | |
| 2. v. second-person plural imperative of connaître | |
| connaître |
| 1. v. to know (of), to be familiar with (a person, place, fact, event) | |
| 2. v. to know, to experience (glory, hunger, problems etc.) | |
| 3. v. to know (sexually) | |
| 4. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be knowledgeable (en about) | |
| C'est toi qui t'y connais! - It is you who knows! | |
| 5. v. (law, somewhat, archaic) to hear or examine judicially; to judge or decide judicially | |
| la |
| 1. art. the (definite article) | |
| 2. pron. her, it (direct object) | |
| Où est Judith ? Je ne la vois pas. - Where is Judith? I don't see her. | |
| Prends cette boîte et mets-la dans le coin. - Take that box and put it in the corner. | |
| 3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A' | |
| phrase |
| 1. n-f. sentence | |
| phraser |
| 1. v. to phrase | |
| 2. v. (music) to phrase | |
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| récolte |
| 1. n-f. harvest | |
| 2. v. first-person singular present of récolter | |
| 3. v. third-person singular present of récolter | |
| 4. v. second-person singular imperative of récolter | |
| récolter |
| 1. v. to harvest (to reap) | |
| La règle générale est donc d'attendre jusqu'à 45 quarante-cinq ans après la plantation d'un érable avant de commencer à récolter son eau. - The general rule is thus to wait until 45 years after | |
| 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? | |
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| sème |
| 1. v. first-person singular present of semer | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present of semer | |
| 3. v. second-person singular imperative of semer | |
| semer |
| 1. v. to sow (scatter seed, etc.) | |
| 2. v. to shake off someone | |
| 3. v. (figuratively) to spread, to sow | |
| semer la zizanie - to sow dissent, to sow discord | |
| semer la pagaille - to spread disorder, to wreak havoc | |
| semer la peur - to fearmonger | |
| semer la terreur - to spread terror | |
| semer la désolation | |
| semer la mort | |
