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Sentence

Elle préfère l'homme avec lequel tu sortais.

Translation

She prefers the man with whom you were going out.



Analysis


elle
     1. pron. she
     2. pron. it (feminine gender third-person singular subject pronoun)
     3. pron. disjunctive form of elle; her; à elle = hers
préfère
     1. v. first-person singular present of préférer
     2. v. third-person singular present of préférer
     3. v. second-person singular imperative of préférer
     préférer
          1. v. to prefer
le
     1. art. the (definite article)
     2. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
     3. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
     4. art. (before units) a, an
     5. pron. (direct object) him, it
     6. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English
homme
     1. n-m. man (adult male human)
     2. n-m. man, Man (species)
     3. n-m. man (virile male)
     4. n-m. man (employee)
avec
     1. prep. (accompaniment) with
     2. prep. (manner, instrument) with
     3. adv. (informal) too, also
lequel
     1. pron. (relative, following a preposition) which, that, whom
     2. pron. (interrogative) which one
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
sortais
     1. v. first-person singular imperfect indicative of sortir
     2. v. second-person singular imperfect indicative of sortir
     sortir
          1. v. to exit, go out, come out
          2. v. to take out, bring out
          3. n-m. end, closing




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