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Il ne fréquente plus les bars.

Translation

He no longer goes to bars.



Analysis


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
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
fréquente
     1. v. first-person singular present of fréquenter
     2. v. third-person singular present of fréquenter
     3. v. second-person singular imperative of fréquenter
     fréquenter
          1. v. to frequent, to go to (a place)
          2. v. to socialise with (people)
          3. v. (dated) to flirt
plus
     1. adv. more, -er (used to form comparatives of adjectives)
     2. adv. more, -er (used to form comparatives of adverbs)
     3. adv. (after a verb) more, -er (indicating a higher degree or quantity)
     4. adv. more (indicating a greater quantity) (+preo, noun)
     5. adv. more (supplementary, preceded by de)
     6. adv. (preceded by a definite article) the most, -est (used to form superlatives of adjectives and adverbs)
     7. adv. (usually with the negative particle ne, see usage notes below) no longer, not ... any more
     8. adv. (elliptically, introducing each clause) the more ..., the more ...
     9. adv. (similarly, used with other comparatives) the more ..., the ...
     10. n-m. plus, the symbol +
     11. v. singular past historic of plaire
     12. Participle. masculine plural of plu
les
     1. art. plural of le: the
     2. art. plural of la: the
     3. pron. plural of le: them
     4. pron. plural of la: them
bars
     1. n. plural of bar
     bar
          1. n. bar (establishment)
          2. n. bar (counter)
          3. n. bass (fish)




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