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Sentence

Le mur est couvert de moisi.

Translation

The wall is covered with mould.



Analysis


Le
     1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese
     2. art. the (definite article)
     3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
     4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
     5. art. (before units) a, an
     6. pron. (direct object) him, it
     7. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English
mur
     1. n-m. wall
est
     1. adj. east
     2. n-m. east
     3. v. third-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
couvert
     1. adj. covered
     2. adj. cloudy, overcast
     3. n-m. Set of cutlery, place setting
     4. n-m. covering, shelter
     5. Participle. past participle of couvrir
     couvrir
          1. v. to cover up, to cover (put a cover over)
          2. v. to cover (feature, discuss, mention)
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
moisi
     1. Participle. past participle of moisir
     2. adj. mouldy
     3. n-m. mould (woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi)
     moisir
          1. v. (to cause) to go mouldy, to moulder
          2. v. (informal) to hang around, to gather dust




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