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One sentence of «La Dernière Classe»
Et puis tu vois ce qui arrive…
And then you see what happens…
Where it stands
The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.
Tous les jours on se dit : Bah ! j’ai bien le temps.
Every day we tell ourselves: Bah! I’ve plenty of time.
J’apprendrai demain.
I’ll learn it tomorrow.
Ah ! ç’a été le grand malheur de notre Alsace de toujours remettre son instruction à demain.
Ah! it has been the great misfortune of our Alsace always to put off its learning till tomorrow.
Maintenant ces gens-là sont en droit de nous dire : Comment !
Now those people have the right to say to us: What!
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Et | et | and (conj.) |
| puis | puis | then, next (adv.); et puis — and then, and besides; also old je puis — I can (from pouvoir) |
| tu | tu | you — familiar (pron.) |
| vois | voir | to see (v.); se voir — to see oneself; voyons — let’s see; voyez-vous — you see |
| ce | ce | this, that; these, those (dem. adj.); it, that (pron.) — c’est, it is; ce qui, ce que — what |
| qui | qui | who, which, that (rel./interr. pron.); à qui — to whom, whose; qui… qui — one… another |
| arrive | arriver | to happen (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.