The French reading room
One sentence of «La Dernière Classe»
Et moi qui savais à peine écrire !
And I could barely write!
Where it stands
The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.
Je n’apprendrais donc jamais !
So I would never learn!
Il faudrait donc en rester là !
So it would have to stop there!
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Et | et | and (conj.) |
| moi | moi | me, I (stressed pron.); pour moi — as for me |
| qui | qui | who, which, that (rel./interr. pron.); à qui — to whom, whose; qui… qui — one… another |
| savais | savoir | to know; to know how to (v.); je ne saurais — I could not; le savoir — knowledge (n., m.) |
| à | à | to, at, in; with (prep.); c’est à… — it belongs to…; à boire — something to drink |
| peine | peine | trouble, difficulty; sorrow (n., f.) — sans peine, easily; en peine, at a loss; à peine — hardly, scarcely; faire de la peine — to grieve |
| écrire | écrire | to write (v.) |
Read «La Dernière Classe» in the room Every word glossed where it stands, the English a tap away. The whole tale is free and asks for no account.