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One sentence of «La Dernière Classe»
Je crus qu’il se moquait de moi, et j’entrai tout essoufflé dans la petite cour de M. Hamel.
I thought he was making fun of me, and I went, quite out of breath, into Monsieur Hamel’s little yard.
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Je | je | I (pron.) |
| crus | croire | to believe, think (v.); se croire — to think oneself; je crois bien — I should think so |
| qu | que | that, which, whom; than; how…! (conj./rel. pron.); ne… que — only |
| il | il | he; it (il, ils — they) (pron.); il y a — there is; il faut — one must |
| se | se | himself, herself, itself, themselves; each other (reflexive pron.); s’ also stands for si — if — in s’il, s’ils |
| moquait | moquer | to make fun of, not care about (v.) |
| de | de | of, from; some, any (prep./partitive art.) — du pain, de l’eau; pas de — no, not any; de… en… — from… to… |
| moi | moi | me, I (stressed pron.); pour moi — as for me |
| et | et | and (conj.) |
| entrai | entrer | to enter, go in, come in (v.); faire entrer — to get (something) in |
| tout | tout | quite, very (adv.) |
| essoufflé | essoufflé | out of breath (adj.) |
| dans | dans | in, into (prep.) |
| la | le | the (le, la, l’, les); him, her, it, them — as an object (art./pron.) |
| petite | petit | small, little (adj.); la petite — the little one |
| cour | cour | yard, courtyard, playground; the (royal) court (n., f.) |
| M | monsieur | Mr, Monsieur; sir, gentleman (n., m.; pl. messieurs); M. — short for Monsieur; monsieur le marquis — my lord Marquis |
| Hamel | Hamel | Monsieur Hamel, the village schoolmaster (proper name) |
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