The French reading room
One sentence of «La Dernière Classe»
Je n’apprendrais donc jamais !
So I would never learn!
Where it stands
The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.
Et moi qui savais à peine écrire !
And I could barely write!
Il faudrait donc en rester là !
So it would have to stop there!
How I blamed myself now for the time I had wasted, the classes I had skipped to go looking for nests or sliding on the Saar!
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Je | je | I (pron.) |
| n | ne | not (neg. particle) — ne… pas, ne… point, ne… plus, ne… que (only); ne… rien — nothing; ne… guère — hardly |
| apprendrais | apprendre | to learn; to teach (v.) |
| donc | donc | so, then, therefore; (emphatic) do…! (conj./adv.) |
| jamais | jamais | never; ever (adv.); ne… jamais — never |
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.