One sentence of «Le petit Chaperon rouge»
La pauvre enfant, qui ne savait pas qu’il était dangereux de s’arrêter à écouter un loup, lui dit : Je vais voir ma mère-grand, et lui porter une galette, avec un petit pot de beurre, que ma mère lui envoie.
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.”
Where it stands
The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.
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.
— Demeure-t-elle bien loin ? lui dit le loup.
“Does she live very far away?” said the wolf.
“Oh yes!” said Little Red Riding Hood; “it is beyond the mill that you see right over there, at the first house in the village.”
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| La | le | the (le, la, l’, les); him, her, it, them — as an object (art./pron.) |
| pauvre | pauvre | poor (adj.) |
| enfant | enfant | child (n., m./f.); mes enfants — my children |
| qui | qui | who, which, that (rel./interr. pron.); à qui — to whom, whose; qui… qui — one… another |
| ne | ne | not (neg. particle) — ne… pas, ne… point, ne… plus, ne… que (only); ne… rien — nothing; ne… guère — hardly |
| savait | savoir | to know; to know how to (v.); je ne saurais — I could not; le savoir — knowledge (n., m.) |
| pas | pas | not (ne… pas) (adv.); step, pace (n., m.); pas même — not even |
| qu | que | that, which, whom; than; how…! (conj./rel. pron.); ne… que — only |
| il | il | he; it (il, ils — they) (pron.); il y a — there is; il faut — one must |
| était | être | to be (v.); c’est — it is; also forms the past of some verbs: elle est venue — she came |
| dangereux | dangereux | dangerous (adj.) |
| de | de | of, from; some, any (prep./partitive art.) — du pain, de l’eau; pas de — no, not any; de… en… — from… to… |
| s | se | himself, herself, itself, themselves; each other (reflexive pron.); s’ also stands for si — if — in s’il, s’ils |
| arrêter | arrêter | to stop (v.); s’arrêter — to stop, halt |
| à | à | to, at, in; with (prep.); c’est à… — it belongs to…; à boire — something to drink |
| écouter | écouter | to listen, listen to (v.) |
| un | un | a, an; one (art./num.); l’un… l’autre — the one… the other; les unes… les autres — some… others |
| loup | loup | wolf (n., m.) |
| lui | lui | him; to him, to her (pron.) |
| dit | dire | to say, tell (v.); on aurait dit — you would have said; se dire — to say to oneself |
| Je | je | I (pron.) |
| vais | aller | to 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 |
| voir | voir | to see (v.); se voir — to see oneself; voyons — let’s see; voyez-vous — you see |
| ma | mon | my (mon, ma, mes) (poss. adj.) |
| mère-grand | mère-grand | grandmother (n., f.) — Perrault’s word |
| et | et | and (conj.) |
| porter | porter | to carry, take, bring (v.); se porter — to be (in health) |
| galette | galette | flat cake, griddle cake (n., f.) |
| avec | avec | with (prep.) |
| petit | petit | small, little (adj.); la petite — the little one |
| pot | pot | pot, jar (n., m.) |
| beurre | beurre | butter (n., m.) |
| mère | mère | mother (n., f.); ma bonne mère — good mother, to an old woman |
| envoie | envoyer | to send (v.); envoyer quérir — to send for |
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