The French reading room
One sentence of «La Dernière Classe»
Tous les jours on se dit : Bah ! j’ai bien le temps.
Every day we tell ourselves: Bah! I’ve plenty of time.
Where it stands
The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.
« Je ne te gronderai pas, mon petit Franz, tu dois être assez puni…
“I shan’t scold you, my little Franz; you must be punished enough…
That’s how it is.
J’apprendrai demain.
I’ll learn it tomorrow.
Et puis tu vois ce qui arrive…
And then you see what happens…
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Tous | tout | all, every; quite, very (adj./adv.); tout à coup — suddenly; tout de suite — at once; tout à fait — entirely; tout à l’heure — right away |
| les | le | the (le, la, l’, les); him, her, it, them — as an object (art./pron.) |
| jours | jour | day (n., m.) — tous les jours, every day; tout le jour — all day long; ce jour-là — that day |
| on | on | one, people, they, someone (pron.) |
| se | se | himself, herself, itself, themselves; each other (reflexive pron.); s’ also stands for si — if — in s’il, s’ils |
| dit | dire | to say, tell (v.); on aurait dit — you would have said; se dire — to say to oneself |
| Bah | bah | bah!, pooh! (interj.) |
| j | je | I (pron.) |
| ai | avoir | to have (v.); il y a — there is, there are; avoir beau + inf. — to do in vain; avoir peur — to be afraid |
| bien | bien | plenty of, quite (adv.) |
| temps | temps | time; weather (n., m.); de temps en temps — from time to time; dans le temps que — while; en même temps — at the same time |
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.