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Deux demis et un verre de vin rouge, s'il vous plaît.

Translation

Two small beers and a glass of red wine, please.



Analysis


deux
     1. num. two
demis
     1. n. plural of demi
     demi
          1. adj. half
          2. n. number box, 2
          3. n-m. half (fraction)
          4. n-m. (used in time) half (half-hour)
          5. n-m. (Polynesia, France) a person of multiracial descent, usually a person with French and other non-European origin; mixed-race
          6. n-m. a glass of beer of 250 ml volume
          7. n-m. (Quebec, real estate) bathroom
et
     1. conj. and
un
     1. art. an, a
     2. num. number box, fr
     3. num. one
     4. pron. one, someone
     5. n-m. one (the number or figure)
verre
     1. n-m. (usually) glass (substance)
     2. n-m.          symbol of fragility
     3. n-m.          symbol of transparency
     4. n-m. Object of this substance
     5. n-m.          (optics) lens, glass
     6. n-m.          glass (drinking vessel)
     7. n-m.          the content of such a vessel
     8. v. singular present of verrer
     9. v. second-person singular imperative of verrer
de
     1. prep. of (expresses belonging)
     2. prep. of (used to express property or association)
     3. prep. from (used to indicate origin)
     4. prep. of (indicates an amount)
     5. prep. used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word
     6. prep. from (used to indicate the start of a time or range)
     7. prep. used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive
     8. prep. by (indicates the amount of change)
     9. art. Used in the plural with prepositioned adjectives.
     10. art. Used in negated sentences with the grammatical object.
     11. n-f. abbreviation of dame
vin
     1. n-m. wine
rouge
     1. adj. red (of a red color)
     2. adj. red (left-wing, socialist)
     3. n-m. red
vin rouge
     1. n-m. red wine
si
     1. conj. if, whether
     2. conj. if (assuming that)
     3. conj. even if
     4. conj. although, while
     5. interj. yes (used to contradict a negative statement)
     6. adv. so, such (intensifier)
     7. adv. (si + adjective/adverb + que ...) however (to whatever extent or degree)
     8. n-m. (music) si, the note 'B'
il
     1. pron. he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject)
     2. pron. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects)
     3. pron. (impersonal pronoun) Impersonal subject; it
vous
     1. pron. the plural personal pronoun in the second person:
     2. pron.          (subject pronoun) you (all).
     3. pron.          (direct object pronoun) you (all).
     4. pron. you, to you (indirect object pronoun):
     5. pron. (formal, polite) plural or singular personal pronoun in the second person:
plaît
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of plaire
     plaire
          1. v. to please, to appeal to (usually translated into English as like with exchange of subject and object)
          2. v. to enjoy (oneself)




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