(Old French) a- (prefix) :: {{non-gloss definition|indicating movement towards something}}
(Old French) a- (prefix) :: {by extension} {{non-gloss definition|indicating a change of state}}
qui a bu boira (phrase) :: who has drunk will drink again
- de {{fr-prep}} :: {{context|used after certain verbs before an [[infinitive]], often translating into English as a [[gerund]] or an infinitive}}
- Je me suis arrêté de fumer. :: I stopped smoking.
- Il continue de m'embêter. :: He keeps annoying me.
- Elle m'a dit de venir. :: She told me to come.
- Nous vous proposons de venir. :: We suggest you come.
- de (article) :: {indefinite} some; any (in questions or negatives)
- Je voudrais de la viande. :: I'd like some meat.
- Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ? :: Is there any good music?
- Nous cherchons du lait. :: We're looking for some milk.
- de (article) :: {negative} a, an, any
- Elle n'a pas de mère. :: She hasn't got a mother.
- Il n'a pas de crayon. :: He hasn't got a pencil.
- Je n'ai pas de temps. :: I haven't got any time.
- en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them.
- Tu as combien de livres ? J'en ai trois. :: How many books do you have? I have three (of them).
- Y a-t-il beaucoup de pièces ? Oui. Il y en a beaucoup. :: Are there many rooms? Yes, there are many (of them).
- Martin a trois sandwichs, mais j'en ai seulement deux. :: Martin has sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
- Il y en a combien ? :: How many of them are there?
- Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin :: I drink alcohol because I need (of) it.
- parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: floor; the right to speak in a legislative assembly
- Le député a la parole :: the member has the floor
- son {m} (adjective), singular :: {possessive} His, her, its (used to qualify masculine nouns).
- Elle a perdu son chapeau. :: She lost her hat.
- Il a perdu son chapeau. :: He lost his hat.
- J'aime son amie. :: I like her/his girlfriend.
- bien (adverb), comparative and superlative: mieux :: (+ de, des, du) a lot of
- Macy Gray a traversé bien des épreuves. :: Macy Gray got through a lot of ordeals.
- fil {{fr-noun|m}} :: thread, wire
- ne tenir qu'a un fil :: to hang by a thread
- franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: free
- Il a fait cette action de sa pure et franche volonté. :: His action was performed out of his free will
- massacrer {{fr-verb}} :: {figuratively} to do something badly
- Il a massacré cette chanson :: he sung that song really badly (lit. "he massacred that song")
- lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
- J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
- C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
- Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
- {{rfdate}} Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
- Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
- I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
- avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be; to be aged {{qualifier|speaking of age}}
- Elle a 19 ans. :: She is 19 [years old] (Literally, "She has 19 [years]")
- avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to have (trick)
- On t'a eu. Tu t'es fait avoir. :: You've been had.
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A {{fr-letter|upper=A|lower=a}} :: {{Latn-def|fr|letter|1}}
A {{fr-letter|upper=A|lower=a}} :: {capital form|à}
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