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One sentence of «La Dernière Classe»


Sentence 88 of 92 · La Dernière Classe, Alphonse Daudet, 1873

« Mes amis, dit-il, mes amis, je… je… »

“My friends,” he said, “my friends, I… I…”

Every word in it

As printedDictionary formMeaning
Mes monmy (mon, ma, mes) (poss. adj.)
amis amifriend (n., m.; f. amie)
dit-il direto say, tell (v.); on aurait dit — you would have said; se dire — to say to oneself
je jeI (pron.)

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