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Voulez-vous encore du pain?

Translation

Would you like more bread?



Analysis


voulez
     1. v. second-person plural present indicative of vouloir
vous
     1. pron. the plural personal pronoun in the second person:
     2. pron.          (subject pronoun) you (all).
     3. pron.          (direct object pronoun) you (all).
     4. pron. you, to you (indirect object pronoun):
     5. pron. (formal, polite) plural or singular personal pronoun in the second person:
encore
     1. adv. still
     2. adv. more
     3. adv. again
     4. adv. (after the adverb pas) yet, not yet
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
pain
     1. n-m. bread
     2. n-m. piece of bread
     3. n-m. food
     4. n-m. bread-and-butter needs, basic sustenance; breadwinner
     5. n-m. (informal) punch (a hit with the fist)
     6. n-m. a block (of ice, of salt, of soap …) with the shape and size of bread
     7. n-m. (slang) (music) mistake during a performance (false note, forgot an intro, wrong solo, …)




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