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One sentence of «Le petit Chaperon rouge»
Cette bonne femme lui fit faire un petit chaperon rouge qui lui seyait si bien, que partout on l’appelait le petit Chaperon rouge.
This good woman had a little red hood made for her, which suited her so well that everywhere she went she was called Little Red Riding Hood.
Where it stands
The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.
Once upon a time there was a little village girl, the brightest, liveliest child you could ever have seen: her mother was mad about her, and her grandmother madder still.
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Cette | ce | this, that; these, those (dem. adj.); it, that (pron.) — c’est, it is; ce qui, ce que — what |
| bonne | bon | good; kind (adj.); sentir bon — to smell sweet; de bon cœur — heartily |
| femme | femme | woman; wife (n., f.); bonne femme — good woman, old woman |
| lui | lui | to her, her (pron.) |
| fit | faire | to do, make (v.); faire + inf. — to have (something) done; il se fit — there came; faire le mort — to play dead; se faire à — to get used to |
| un | un | a, an; one (art./num.); l’un… l’autre — the one… the other; les unes… les autres — some… others |
| petit | petit | small, little (adj.); la petite — the little one |
| chaperon | chaperon | hood (n., m.); le petit Chaperon rouge — Little Red Riding Hood |
| rouge | rouge | red (adj.) |
| qui | qui | who, which, that (rel./interr. pron.); à qui — to whom, whose; qui… qui — one… another |
| seyait | seoir | to suit, become (v., archaic) — seyait, suited |
| si | si | so (adv.) |
| bien | bien | well; very, quite; indeed (adv.) — bien aise, very glad; bien autre chose — something quite different; bien plus — far more |
| que | que | that, which, whom; than; how…! (conj./rel. pron.); ne… que — only |
| partout | partout | everywhere (adv.) |
| on | on | one, people, they, someone (pron.) |
| l | le | her (pron.) |
| appelait | appeler | to call (v.); s’appeler — to be called, be named |
| le | le | the (le, la, l’, les); him, her, it, them — as an object (art./pron.) |
Read «Le petit Chaperon rouge» in the room Every word glossed where it stands, the English a tap away. This scene asks for no account.