One sentence of «Le petit Chaperon rouge»
— Oh ! oui, dit le petit Chaperon rouge ; c’est par delà le moulin que vous voyez tout là-bas, à la première maison du village.
“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.”
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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.”
— Demeure-t-elle bien loin ? lui dit le loup.
“Does she live very far away?” said the wolf.
“Well then,” said the Wolf, “I will go and see her too: I shall go by this path here, and you by that path there; and we shall see who gets there first.”
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Oh | oh | oh! (interj.) |
| oui | oui | yes (adv.) |
| dit | dire | to say, tell (v.); on aurait dit — you would have said; se dire — to say to oneself |
| le | le | the (le, la, l’, les); him, her, it, them — as an object (art./pron.) |
| 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.) |
| c | ce | this, that; these, those (dem. adj.); it, that (pron.) — c’est, it is; ce qui, ce que — what |
| est | être | to be (v.); c’est — it is; also forms the past of some verbs: elle est venue — she came |
| par | par | by, through, along (prep.); par delà — beyond; par exemple — for example; rang par rang — row by row |
| delà | delà | beyond — par delà, au delà (adv./prep.) |
| moulin | moulin | mill (n., m.) |
| que | que | that, which, whom; than; how…! (conj./rel. pron.); ne… que — only |
| vous | vous | you (pron.) |
| voyez | voir | to see (v.); se voir — to see oneself; voyons — let’s see; voyez-vous — you see |
| tout | tout | all, every; quite, very (adj./adv.); tout à coup — suddenly; tout de suite — at once; tout à fait — entirely; tout à l’heure — right away |
| là-bas | là-bas | over there, down there (adv.) |
| à | à | to, at, in; with (prep.); c’est à… — it belongs to…; à boire — something to drink |
| première | premier | first; former (adj.); la première — the opening night of a play; tête première — headlong |
| maison | maison | house, household (n., f.); maison d’école — schoolhouse |
| du | du | some; of the, from the (de + le) (art./contr.); du reste — besides |
| village | village | village (n., m.) |
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