Mes clés sont dans ma poche. - My keys are in my pocket.
mon
1. det. (possessive) my (used to qualify masculine nouns and vowel-initial words regardless of gender)
2. det. Followed by rank, obligatory way of addressing a (male) superior officer within the military. (Folk etymology: military-specific short for "monsieur".)
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leurs
1. det. (possessive) plural of leur: their (used before a plural noun)
Elles ont oublié leurs livres. - They forgot their books.
2. pron. (possessive) plural of leur: theirs (referring to a plural noun)
Ce sont vos papiers ou les leurs ? - Are those your papers or theirs?
Je préfère nos voisins aux leurs. - I prefer our neighbors over theirs.
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vie
1. n-f. life, the state of organisms (organic beings) prior to death
2. n-f. life, period in which one is alive, between birth and death
3. n-f. biography, life
4. n-f. life, lifeforms
L’apparition de la vie sur Terre - The appearance of life on Earth
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point
1. n-m. point (small mark)
2. n-m. (sports) point
3. n-m. full stop, period (punctuation mark)
4. n-m. (knitting) stitch pattern
5. n-m. dot (Morse code symbol)
poindre
1. v. to prick, sting
2. v. to sting, afflict (of pain, love etc.)
3. v. to come up (of a plant), peep through
4. v. to break, dawn (of day); to break (of dawn)
5. v. to appear, spring up
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votre
1. det. (possessive) your, belonging to you (plural or formal)
Monsieur, c'est votre portefeuille ? - Sir, is this your wallet?
S'il vous plaît, donnez-moi votre adresse. - Please give me your address.
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sous
1. prep. below, under
2. n. plural of sou
3. n. (slang) money
sou
1. n-m. (historical, numismatics) sou (old French coin)
2. n-m. (by extension, chiefly in the colloquial) money; cash
3. n-m. (Quebec, Louisiana, colloquial) cent (one hundredth of a dollar)
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quelque
1. det. some (singular)
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jamais
1. adv. (ne ... jamais) never
Je ne l’ai jamais vue. - I’ve never seen her.
2. adv. ever
Es-tu jamais allé en France ? - Have you ever been to France?
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toujours
1. adv. always
Il est toujours en retard. - He is always late.
Parfois, peut-être même souvent, mais certainement pas toujours - Sometimes, maybe even often, but certainly not always
2. adv. still
3. adv. , A man who you might think came straight out of the Renaissance, and who was assassinated in 1975, for reasons which still haven't been elucidated.
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femme
1. n-f. woman
2. n-f. wife
3. n-f. (LGBT, rare) Alternative form of fem, , femme, feminine lesbian (contrast butch)
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fois
1. n-f. time (an instance or repetition of something happening)
J'y vais deux fois par mois. - I go there twice a month.
Je lui ai parlé pour la première fois il y a des années. - I talked to him for the first time a few years ago.
2. n-f. (arithmetic) times, multiplied by
3. n. plural of foi
foi
1. n-f. faith
2. n-f. (heraldry) a depiction of a handshake
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suis
1. v. first-person singular present indicative of être
2. v. first-person singular present indicative of suivre
3. v. second-person singular present indicative of suivre
suivre
1. v. to follow (literal sense)
2. v. to follow; to get (figurative sense; to understand what someone is saying)
3. v. to take (a course or a class)
être
1. v. to be
2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs)
3. v. (semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice)
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après
1. prep. after, later than in time.
On mange après avoir bu. - We eat after we drink.
après la fête - after the party
2. prep. after, coming for, trying to get (someone).
3. adv. afterwards
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quand
1. conj. when
Appelez-moi quand vous arriverez chez vous - Call me when you get home
2. adv. when
Quand est-il mort ? - When did he die?
Je ne sais pas quand est-ce qu'il est mort. - I don't know when it was that he died.
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étaient
1. v. third-person plural imperfect indicative of être
être
1. v. to be
2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs)
3. v. (semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice)
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quelques
1. adj. plural of quelque
Les rayons des céphéides classiques sont de quelques dizaines à quelques centaines fois celui du Soleil. - The radii of the classical Cepheids are from some tens to some hundred times that of t
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monde
1. n-m. world
C'est la plus belle fille du monde. - She is the most beautiful girl in the world.
2. n-m. people
Le monde m'agace quelquefois. - People annoy me sometimes.
La salle était noire de monde. - The room was full of people.
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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
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moins
1. adv. comparative of peu; less, fewer
Faites moins de bruit. - Make less noise.
J'ai dû attendre moins de dix minutes. - I had to wait less than ten minutes.
De moins en moins de personnes peuvent se permettre de passer des vacances à l'étranger. - Fewer and fewer people can afford to spend holidays abroad.
2. adv. (with numbers) minus; negative
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cela
1. pron. that
2. v. third-person singular past historic of celer
