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One sentence of «La Dernière Classe»
« Est-ce qu’on ne va pas les obliger à chanter en allemand, eux aussi ? »
“Are they going to make them sing in German too?”
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Est-ce | être | to be (v.); c’est — it is; also forms the past of some verbs: elle est venue — she came |
| qu | que | that, which, whom; than; how…! (conj./rel. pron.); ne… que — only |
| on | on | one, people, they, someone (pron.) |
| ne | ne | not (neg. particle) — ne… pas, ne… point, ne… plus, ne… que (only); ne… rien — nothing; ne… guère — hardly |
| va | aller | to go (v.); s’en aller — to go away, leave; aller + inf. — to go and…, be going to…; y aller de bon cœur — to throw oneself into it |
| pas | pas | not (ne… pas) (adv.); step, pace (n., m.); pas même — not even |
| les | le | them (pron.) |
| obliger | obliger | to force, oblige (v.) |
| à | à | to, at, in; with (prep.); c’est à… — it belongs to…; à boire — something to drink |
| chanter | chanter | to sing; (of a cock) to crow (v.) |
| en | en | in, into; while (+ -ing) (prep.); of it, of them, some (pron.); en train de — in the middle of; s’en aller — to go away |
| allemand | allemand | German — the language (n., m.); German (adj.) |
| eux | eux | them (stressed pron.); eux aussi — they too |
| aussi | aussi | also, too; as (… as) (adv.); aussi… que — as… as |
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