One sentence of «Le petit Chaperon rouge»
Il se jeta sur la bonne femme, et la dévora en moins de rien, car il y avait plus de trois jours qu’il n’avait mangé.
He threw himself upon the good woman and devoured her in no time at all, for he had not eaten in more than three days.
Where it stands
The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.
The good grandmother, who was in bed because she was feeling a little unwell, called out to him: “Pull the peg, and the latch will fall.”
— Le Loup tira la chevillette, et la porte s’ouvrit.
The Wolf pulled the peg, and the door opened.
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Il | il | he; it (il, ils — they) (pron.); il y a — there is; il faut — one must |
| se | se | himself, herself, itself, themselves; each other (reflexive pron.); s’ also stands for si — if — in s’il, s’ils |
| jeta | jeter | to throw (v.); se jeter sur — to throw oneself upon, pounce on |
| sur | sur | on, upon (prep.) |
| la | le | the (le, la, l’, les); him, her, it, them — as an object (art./pron.) |
| bonne | bon | good; kind (adj.); sentir bon — to smell sweet; de bon cœur — heartily |
| femme | femme | woman; wife (n., f.); bonne femme — good woman, old woman |
| et | et | and (conj.) |
| dévora | dévorer | to devour, gobble up (v.) |
| 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 |
| moins | moins | less, fewer (adv.); en moins de rien — in no time at all; au moins — at least |
| de | de | of, from; some, any (prep./partitive art.) — du pain, de l’eau; pas de — no, not any; de… en… — from… to… |
| rien | rien | nothing (pron.); ne… rien — nothing; rien que — merely, just; ne valoir rien — to be no good |
| car | car | for, because (conj.) |
| y | y | there; in it, to it (pron./adv.); il y a — there is |
| avait | avoir | to have (v.); il y a — there is, there are; avoir beau + inf. — to do in vain; avoir peur — to be afraid |
| plus | plus | more; most (adv.) — ne… plus, no longer; le plus, the most; plus de — no more; plus tôt — sooner |
| trois | trois | three (num.) |
| jours | jour | day (n., m.) — tous les jours, every day; tout le jour — all day long; ce jour-là — that day |
| qu | que | that, which, whom; than; how…! (conj./rel. pron.); ne… que — only |
| n | ne | not (neg. particle) — ne… pas, ne… point, ne… plus, ne… que (only); ne… rien — nothing; ne… guère — hardly |
| mangé | manger | to eat (v.); mangé aux bords — worn, nibbled at the edges |
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