Language through Literature

One sentence of «Le petit Chaperon rouge»


Sentence 5 of 34 · Le petit Chaperon rouge, Charles Perrault, 1697

Le petit Chaperon rouge partit aussitôt pour aller chez sa mère-grand, qui demeurait dans un autre village.

Little Red Riding Hood set off at once to go to her grandmother, who lived in another village.

Where it stands

The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.

En passant dans un bois, elle rencontra compère le Loup, qui eut bien envie de la manger ; mais il n’osa, à cause de quelques bûcherons qui étaient dans la forêt.

As she was passing through a wood, she met Brother Wolf, who very much wanted to eat her; but he did not dare, because of some woodcutters who were in the forest.

Il lui demanda où elle allait.

He asked her where she was going.

Every word in it

As printedDictionary formMeaning
Le lethe (le, la, l’, les); him, her, it, them — as an object (art./pron.)
petit petitsmall, little (adj.); la petite — the little one
Chaperon chaperonhood (n., m.); le petit Chaperon rouge — Little Red Riding Hood
rouge rougered (adj.)
partit partirto leave, set off (v.) — also la part, share: faire part de, to share with; à partir de — from (that point on)
aussitôt aussitôtat once, immediately (adv.)
pour pourfor; in order to (prep.); pour moi — as for me; pour sa sœur — as for her sister
aller allerto go (v.); s’en aller — to go away, leave; aller + inf. — to go and…, be going to…; y aller de bon cœur — to throw oneself into it
chez chezat the home of, at (prep.); chez moi — at my place; de chez elle — from her home; chez le roi — to the king’s
sa sonhis, her, its (det.) — son, sa, ses; also le son, sound: à son de trompe; also bran (n., m.) — du son, rabbit bait
mère-grand mère-grandgrandmother (n., f.) — Perrault’s word
qui quiwho, which, that (rel./interr. pron.); à qui — to whom, whose; qui… qui — one… another
demeurait demeurerto stay, remain; to live (v.)
dans dansin, into (prep.)
un una, an; one (art./num.); l’un… l’autre — the one… the other; les unes… les autres — some… others
autre autreother (adj./pron.); l’un après l’autre — one after another; une autre — someone else; autre chose — anything else
village villagevillage (n., m.)

Read «Le petit Chaperon rouge» in the room → Every word glossed where it stands, the English a tap away. The whole tale is free and asks for no account.

← the sentence before the sentence after →

Perrault and Daudet, all eight tales · Charles Perrault

Free editorial texts and word lists are reference resources. Interactive learning starts with one beginner lesson, one opening story scene and one grammar discovery; a free account adds a second lesson. See what the subscription opens.