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Sentence 34 of 34 · Le petit Chaperon rouge, Charles Perrault, 1697

Et, en disant ces mots, ce méchant Loup se jeta sur le petit Chaperon rouge, et la mangea.

And, saying these words, this wicked Wolf threw himself upon Little Red Riding Hood, and ate her up.

Where it stands

The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.

— Ma mère-grand, que vous avez de grandes dents !

“Grandmother, what big teeth you have!”

— C’est pour te manger !

“They are to eat you with!”

Every word in it

As printedDictionary formMeaning
Et etand (conj.)
en enin, into; while (+ -ing) (prep.); of it, of them, some (pron.); en train de — in the middle of; s’en aller — to go away
disant direto say, tell (v.); on aurait dit — you would have said; se dire — to say to oneself
ces cethis, that; these, those (dem. adj.); it, that (pron.) — c’est, it is; ce qui, ce que — what
mots motword (n., m.)
méchant méchantwicked, nasty; wretched, shabby (adj.) — méchants habits, shabby clothes
Loup loupwolf (n., m.)
se sehimself, herself, itself, themselves; each other (reflexive pron.); s’ also stands for si — if — in s’il, s’ils
jeta jeterto throw (v.); se jeter sur — to throw oneself upon, pounce on
sur suron, upon (prep.)
le lethe (le, la, l’, les); him, her, it, them — as an object (art./pron.)
petit petitsmall, little (adj.); la petite — the little one
Chaperon chaperonhood (n., m.); le petit Chaperon rouge — Little Red Riding Hood
rouge rougered (adj.)
mangea mangerto eat (v.); mangé aux bords — worn, nibbled at the edges

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