One sentence of «Le petit Chaperon rouge»
— Elle lui dit : Ma mère-grand, que vous avez de grands bras !
She said to her: “Grandmother, what big arms you have!”
Where it stands
The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.
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.”
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.
— C’est pour mieux t’embrasser, ma fille !
“All the better to hug you with, my child!”
— Ma mère-grand, que vous avez de grandes jambes !
“Grandmother, what big legs you have!”
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Elle | elle | she, her; it (pron.) — elles, they, them (f.) |
| lui | lui | him; to him, to her (pron.) |
| dit | dire | to say, tell (v.); on aurait dit — you would have said; se dire — to say to oneself |
| Ma | mon | my (mon, ma, mes) (poss. adj.) |
| mère-grand | mère-grand | grandmother (n., f.) — Perrault’s word |
| que | que | that, which, whom; than; how…! (conj./rel. pron.); ne… que — only |
| vous | vous | you (pron.) |
| avez | avoir | to have (v.); il y a — there is, there are; avoir beau + inf. — to do in vain; avoir peur — to be afraid |
| de | de | of, from; some, any (prep./partitive art.) — du pain, de l’eau; pas de — no, not any; de… en… — from… to… |
| grands | grand | big, tall, great (adj.); grand’mère — grandmother; grand seigneur — great lord; grand ouvert — wide open |
| bras | bras | arm (n., m.) |
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