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Tu entends le cri du loup ?

Translation

Can you hear the wolf's cry?



Analysis


tu
     1. pron. you (singular); thou
     2. Participle. past participle of taire
     3. part. (Quebec, informal) (question marker)
entends
     1. v. first-person singular present indicative of entendre
     2. v. second-person singular present indicative of entendre
     3. v. second-person singular imperative of entendre
     entendre
          1. v. to hear
          2. v. to be able to hear
          3. v. (literary) to listen to
          4. v. (formal) to mean
          5. v. to agree with each other
          6. v. to have good relations with; to get on; to get along
          7. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be good or competent at something
          8. v. (rare) to desire; to wish; to intend
          9. v. (dated) to demand
          10. v. (dated) to know
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
cri
     1. n-m. cry; shout; scream
     2. n-m. Cree (language)
     3. adj. (relational) Cree
du
     1. contraction. contraction of de + le (t=of the)
     2. contraction. , translation=The bulge gives 9nine liters more than the point which corresponds to that of the diameter of the base indicated by the gauge (...)
     3. art. Forms the partitive article.
     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
     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
loup
     1. n-m. wolf
     2. n-m. bass (fish)
     3. n-m. mask, eyemask
     4. n-m. flaw




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