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Comme tu es belle ce soir !

Translation

How beautiful you are tonight!



Analysis


comme
     1. conj. as
     2. conj. like
     3. conj. how
     4. conj. because, as, since
     5. part. (colloquial Canada) like
tu
     1. pron. you (singular); thou
     2. Participle. past participle of taire
     3. part. (Quebec, informal) (question marker)
     taire
          1. v. to quieten, to shut up, to silence
          2. v. to shut up (one's self), to be quiet, to fall silent, to stop talking
          3. v. To keep (a matter) quiet, to keep secret, not to say
es
     1. v. second-person singular present 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)
          4. n-m. being, creature
          5. n-m. being, the state or fact of existence
belle
     1. adj. feminine singular of beau
     2. n-f. beautiful woman, belle, beauty
     3. n-f. (Louisiana French) girlfriend
     beau
          1. adj. handsome, fine, attractive
          2. adj. nice
          3. adj. fair (weather)
          4. n-m. (Louisiana French) boyfriend
          5. adv. in vain
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)
     3. pron. (subject of être, with predicate nouns) he, she, it, this, that
soir
     1. n-m. evening




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