One sentence of «Le petit Chaperon rouge»
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.
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Little Red Riding Hood set off at once to go to her grandmother, who lived in another village.
Il lui demanda où elle allait.
He asked her where she was going.
The poor child, who did not know that it is dangerous to stop and listen to a wolf, said to him: “I am going to see my grandmother, and to take her a cake, with a little pot of butter, that my mother is sending her.”
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| En | en | in, into; while (+ -ing) (prep.); of it, of them, some (pron.); en train de — in the middle of; s’en aller — to go away |
| passant | passer | to pass, go by, cross (v.); en passant — in passing; se passer — to happen; passer à — to move on to; passer devant — to go past |
| dans | dans | in, into (prep.) |
| un | un | a, an; one (art./num.); l’un… l’autre — the one… the other; les unes… les autres — some… others |
| bois | bois | wood, forest (n., m.) |
| elle | elle | she, her; it (pron.) — elles, they, them (f.) |
| rencontra | rencontrer | to meet (v.) |
| compère | compère | old friend, crony (n., m., archaic); compère le Loup — Brother Wolf |
| le | le | the (le, la, l’, les); him, her, it, them — as an object (art./pron.) |
| Loup | loup | wolf (n., m.) |
| qui | qui | who, which, that (rel./interr. pron.); à qui — to whom, whose; qui… qui — one… another |
| eut | avoir | to have (v.); il y a — there is, there are; avoir beau + inf. — to do in vain; avoir peur — to be afraid |
| bien | bien | well; very, quite; indeed (adv.) — bien aise, very glad; bien autre chose — something quite different; bien plus — far more |
| envie | envie | desire, longing (n., f.); avoir envie de — to want to, long to |
| de | de | of, from; some, any (prep./partitive art.) — du pain, de l’eau; pas de — no, not any; de… en… — from… to… |
| manger | manger | to eat (v.); mangé aux bords — worn, nibbled at the edges |
| mais | mais | but (conj.) |
| il | il | he; it (il, ils — they) (pron.); il y a — there is; il faut — one must |
| n | ne | not (neg. particle) — ne… pas, ne… point, ne… plus, ne… que (only); ne… rien — nothing; ne… guère — hardly |
| osa | oser | to dare (v.) |
| à | à | to, at, in; with (prep.); c’est à… — it belongs to…; à boire — something to drink |
| cause | cause | cause, reason (n., f.); à cause de — because of; à cause que — because (archaic); être cause de — to be the cause of |
| quelques | quelque | some (det.); quelqu’un — someone; quelques — a few; quelque chose — something |
| bûcherons | bûcheron | woodcutter (n., m.) |
| étaient | être | to be (v.); c’est — it is; also forms the past of some verbs: elle est venue — she came |
| forêt | forêt | forest (n., f.) |
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