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Sentence

Excusez-moi, je ne l'ai pas fait exprès.

Translation

Excuse me, it was unintentional.



Analysis


excusez
     1. v. second-person plural present indicative of excuser
     2. v. second-person plural imperative of excuser
moi
     1. pron. me (first-person singular direct object pronoun)
     2. pron. to me (first-person singular indirect object pronoun)
     3. n-m. ego
je
     1. pron. I
ne
     1. part. (literary) not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with only a few particular verbs: see usage notes)
     2. part. not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below)
     3. part. (Used in a subordinate clause before a subjunctive verb (especially when the main verb expresses doubt or fear), to provide extra overtones of doubt or uncertainty (but not negating its verb); the so-
     4. part. In comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative
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
ai
     1. v. first-person singular present 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)
          4. v. to have (a condition)
          5. v. to have (a measure or age)
          6. v. to have (to trick)
          7. v. to have (to participate in an experience)
          8. v. (indtr, à) to have (to), must +preo, à, infinitive
pas
     1. n-m. step, pace, footstep
     2. n-m. (geography) strait, pass
     3. n-m. thread, pitch (of a screw or nut)
     4. adv. The most common adverb of negation in French, typically translating into English as not, don't, doesn't, etc.
fait
     1. n-m. fact
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of faire
     3. Participle. past participle of faire
     4. adj. done
     5. adj. cut out
     faire
          1. v. to do
          2. v. to make
          3. v. to say (of a person), to go (of an animal)
          4. v. to make (cause someone or something to do something)
          5. v. to act like (something)
          6. v. (impersonal) to be (of the weather or various situations)
          7. v. to do, to make (oneself)
          8. v. to be, to get (used for a passive action)
          9. v. to ripen (of fruit), to mature
          10. v. to become used to, to get used to
          11. v. (slang) to do (to have sex with)
          12. v. (informal, intransitive) to defecate; (metaphorically) to shit oneself (to be terrified)
          13. v. to become, to get
exprès
     1. adj. express
     2. adj. express (post), special delivery
     3. adv. on purpose, intentionally, deliberately
     4. n-m. a messenger carrying letters for personal delivery
faire exprès
     1. v. to do (something) deliberately; to do (something) on purpose




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