Il veut adopter un animal de compagnie, soit un chat, soit un chien. - He wants to adopt a pet, either a cat, or a dog.
Je lui ai dit que j'aimerais reprendre un de mes vieux passe-temps, soit jouer du piano, soit apprendre une langue. - I told him I want to take up one of my old hobbies agains, be that playing
3. v. third-person singular present subjunctive 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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pendant
1. adj. hanging
2. n-m. stone that dangles on earrings
3. n-m. match, counterpart
4. prep. during, throughout, for the duration of
5. Participle. present participle of pendre
pendre
1. v. to hang
2. v. to sag, droop
pendre
1. v. to hang
2. v. to sag, droop
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pays
1. n-m. land, country, region, nation
2. n-m. (politics, geography) country
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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)
3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
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puis
1. adv. then; after; next
2. conj. and
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coup
1. n-m. blow, hit, strike
2. n-m. sound of the action
coup de tonnerre - crash of thunder
3. n-m. physical consequences of the action (marks)
marqué de coups - scratched
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maison
1. n-f. house
2. adj. homemade
une grande tarte maison - a big home-made pie
spécialité maison - speciality of the house
3. adj. (employment) in-house
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beaucoup
1. adv. much, very much, a lot
Merci beaucoup! - Thank you very much!
Je mange beaucoup. - I eat a lot.
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heure
1. n-f. hour, time
C'est l'heure de partir. - It's time to leave.
2. n-f. o'clock
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premier
1. adj. (ordinal) first
Le premier élément de la liste est un zéro. - The first element of the list is zero.
2. adj. prime (number etc)
3. n-m. first
Il est le premier. - He is the first.
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fort
1. adj. strong; powerful
Arnie est fort. - Arnie is strong.
hommes forts - strong men
2. adj. (indtr, en) informal skilled, proficient, successful, sometimes translated "good" (often used in reference to academic subjects)
Je suis fort en anglais - I am good at English
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bon
1. adj. good
(parasyn, bien)
2. adj. right, correct, appropriate
(parasyn, exact)
le bon usage - the correct usage
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nuit
1. n-f. night
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of nuire
nuire
1. v. to harm, to spoil (+preo, à)
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terre
1. n-f. earth; soil
2. n-f. land, property (delimited area)
3. v. first-person singular present of terrer
4. v. third-person singular present of terrer
5. v. second-person singular imperative of terrer
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peut-être
1. adv. maybe, perhaps
Peut-être que je vais bientôt partir. - Maybe I will leave soon.
Est-ce que tu veux venir avec moi demain? Peut-être. - Do you want to come with me tomorrow? Maybe.
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esprit
1. n-m. immaterial or incorporeal substance
2. n-m. disembodied mind
3. n-m. mind (in the wide sense)
4. n-m. mind (as principle of thought)
5. n-m. specific mind aptitude
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âme
1. n-f. (religion, philosophy) soul
2. n-f. (moral, intellectual centre) soul, heart, mind
3. n-f. soul, person
C'est un village de 800 âmes. - It's a village of 800 souls.
4. n-f. bore (of a cannon)
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répondit
1. v. third-person singular past historic of répondre
répondre
1. v. to reply, to answer + à (object) = to (a question)
2. v. (law) to answer for +preo, de
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pouvait
1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of pouvoir
pouvoir
1. v. can, to be able to
2. v. may
3. v. (impersonal, reflexive) to be possible; may, could be
