One sentence of «Le petit Chaperon rouge»
— Eh bien ! dit le Loup, je veux l’aller voir aussi : je m’y en vais par ce chemin-ci, et toi par ce chemin-là ; et nous verrons à qui plus tôt y sera.
“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.”
Where it stands
The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.
— 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Eh | eh | eh!, hey!, why! (interj.); eh bien — well |
| bien | bien | well; very, quite; indeed (adv.) — bien aise, very glad; bien autre chose — something quite different; bien plus — far more |
| 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.) |
| Loup | loup | wolf (n., m.) |
| je | je | I (pron.) |
| veux | vouloir | to want (v.); que voulez-vous? — what would you have?; en vouloir — to be willing to have (someone) |
| aller | 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 |
| aussi | aussi | also, too; as (… as) (adv.); aussi… que — as… as |
| m | me | me, to me, myself (pron.) |
| y | y | there; in it, to it (pron./adv.); il y a — there is |
| 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 |
| par | par | by, through, along (prep.); par delà — beyond; par exemple — for example; rang par rang — row by row |
| ce | ce | this, that; these, those (dem. adj.); it, that (pron.) — c’est, it is; ce qui, ce que — what |
| chemin-ci | chemin | path, road, way (n., m.) |
| et | et | and (conj.) |
| toi | toi | you (stressed pron.) |
| nous | nous | we; us, to us; ourselves (pron.) |
| à | à | to, at, in; with (prep.); c’est à… — it belongs to…; à boire — something to drink |
| qui | qui | who, which, that (rel./interr. pron.); à qui — to whom, whose; qui… qui — one… another |
| plus | plus | more; most (adv.) — ne… plus, no longer; le plus, the most; plus de — no more; plus tôt — sooner |
| tôt | tôt | early, soon (adv.) — ne… pas plus tôt… que, no sooner… than |
| sera | être | to be (v.); c’est — it is; also forms the past of some verbs: elle est venue — she came |
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