One sentence of «Le petit Chaperon rouge»
Le petit Chaperon rouge se déshabille, et va se mettre dans le lit, où elle fut bien étonnée de voir comment sa mère-grand était faite en son déshabillé.
Little Red Riding Hood undresses and goes to get into the bed, where she was very much astonished to see what her grandmother looked like in her nightclothes.
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The Wolf, seeing her come in, said to her, hiding himself in the bed under the blanket: “Put the cake and the little pot of butter on the bread bin, and come and lie down with me.”
— Elle lui dit : Ma mère-grand, que vous avez de grands bras !
She said to her: “Grandmother, what big arms you have!”
— C’est pour mieux t’embrasser, ma fille !
“All the better to hug you with, my child!”
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.) |
| 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.) |
| se | se | himself, herself, itself, themselves; each other (reflexive pron.); s’ also stands for si — if — in s’il, s’ils |
| déshabille | déshabiller | to undress (v.); se déshabiller — to get undressed |
| et | et | and (conj.) |
| va | 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 |
| mettre | mettre | to put; to put on, wear (v.); se mettre à — to begin to; se mettre dans le lit — to get into bed; se mettre le cœur à l’envers — to fret |
| dans | dans | in, into (prep.) |
| lit | lit | bed (n., m.) |
| où | où | where; in which (adv./rel. pron.); d’où — where from |
| elle | elle | she, her; it (pron.) — elles, they, them (f.) |
| fut | être | to be (v.); c’est — it is; also forms the past of some verbs: elle est venue — she came |
| bien | bien | well; very, quite; indeed (adv.) — bien aise, very glad; bien autre chose — something quite different; bien plus — far more |
| étonnée | étonné | astonished, surprised (adj.) |
| de | de | of, from; some, any (prep./partitive art.) — du pain, de l’eau; pas de — no, not any; de… en… — from… to… |
| voir | voir | to see (v.); se voir — to see oneself; voyons — let’s see; voyez-vous — you see |
| comment | comment | how; what! (adv.) |
| sa | son | his, her, its (det.) — son, sa, ses; also le son, sound: à son de trompe; also bran (n., m.) — du son, rabbit bait |
| mère-grand | mère-grand | grandmother (n., f.) — Perrault’s word |
| faite | faire | to do, make (v.); faire + inf. — to have (something) done; il se fit — there came; faire le mort — to play dead; se faire à — to get used to |
| 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 |
| déshabillé | déshabillé | state of undress, nightclothes (n., m.); en son déshabillé — in her nightclothes |
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