One sentence of «Le petit Chaperon rouge»
Le Loup ne fut pas longtemps à arriver à la maison de la mère-grand ; il heurte : toc, toc.
The Wolf was not long in reaching the grandmother’s house; he knocks: knock, knock.
Where it stands
The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.
— Qui est là ?
“Who is there?”
“It is your granddaughter, Little Red Riding Hood,” said the Wolf, disguising his voice, “who is bringing you a cake and a little pot of butter that my mother is sending you.”
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Le | le | the (le, la, l’, les); him, her, it, them — as an object (art./pron.) |
| Loup | loup | wolf (n., m.) |
| ne | ne | not (neg. particle) — ne… pas, ne… point, ne… plus, ne… que (only); ne… rien — nothing; ne… guère — hardly |
| fut | être | to be (v.); c’est — it is; also forms the past of some verbs: elle est venue — she came |
| pas | pas | not (ne… pas) (adv.); step, pace (n., m.); pas même — not even |
| longtemps | longtemps | a long time, long (adv.) |
| à | à | to, at, in; with (prep.); c’est à… — it belongs to…; à boire — something to drink |
| arriver | arriver | to arrive; to happen (v.) — il arriva que, it happened that; s’il vous arrive de — if you happen to |
| maison | maison | house, household (n., f.); maison d’école — schoolhouse |
| de | de | of, from; some, any (prep./partitive art.) — du pain, de l’eau; pas de — no, not any; de… en… — from… to… |
| mère-grand | mère-grand | grandmother (n., f.) — Perrault’s word |
| il | il | he; it (il, ils — they) (pron.); il y a — there is; il faut — one must |
| heurte | heurter | to knock (at a door); to strike, bump (v.) |
| toc | toc | knock (interj.) |
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