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il

he, it


pronoun (replaces masculine singular noun)

elle

she, it


pronoun (replaces feminine singular noun)

on

one, they


pronoun (unspecified)

ils

they


pronoun (masculine plural)

elles

they


pronoun (feminine plural)

If "on + verb + noun (direct object)" then...

translate the noun structure first and then the verb in the passive



Instead of "one studies these interesting cases"


say "these interesting cases are being studied"

if "on + que" translate as...

they/one + verb + that

se + verb

reflexive


translate as himself, herself, itself or...


translate "se" as a to be verb and the verb as past tense - EX. Light is propagated

se trouver

to be located


or


is

se dépêcher

to hurry


or


hurries

s'amuser

to have a good time


or


having a good time

dont

relative pronoun introducing parenthetical clause


Translate as...


(1) dont + numeral = numeral + of which


(2) dont + noun = whose/of which + noun


(3) dont = of which

monsieur

gentlemen

la dame

the lady

la connaissance

acquaintance

if two adjectives are joined by et...

move them together before the noun and keep the same order

if an infinitive is preceded by the prepositions à, de, or pour...

ignore the preposition in translation and translate as to + verb.

if an infinitive follows "sans" or "avand de"...

translate the infinitive as a gerund -ing

if avoir or être follow "avant de" or "après"

translate avoir or être as "having"


après avoir = after [having] studied or after studyin


translate il faut as...

must


it is necessary


---ing is necessary


if followed by que translate as "you must..."

translate il ne faut pas as...

you must not...

il s'agit de

it concerns, it is a matter of

il paraît que

it appears that

il se peut que

it is possible that

il importe que

it is important that

il reste [+noun]

[noun+] remain(s)

il y a

there is, there are

il reste + noun

= noun remain(s)

appeler

to call

avoir

to have

a

has

comprendre

to understand

dire

to say, to tell

parler

to speak

être

to be

sera

will be

soit

be, will be

étudier

to study

laisser

to leave, to let

partir

to leave, to depart

arriver

to arrive

pouvoir

to be able, can

savoir

to know, to know how to

rechercher

to search for, to hunt for

rencontrer

to meet, to encounter

reposer sur

to be based on, to depend on

servir à

to serve as, to be used for

sert à

serves to

tomber

to fall

trouver

to find

chercher

to look for

se trouver

to be located

l'argent

money, silver

le bâtiment

building, ship

le corps

body, substance

l'eau

water

un état

state

une étoile

star

un être

human being, person

la faute

fault

la fois

time

à la fois

at the same time

une histoire

story, history

le lendemain

the next day

la ligne

line

la moitié

half

le moyen

way

au moyen de

by means of

le siécle

century

la vie

life

inattendu, -e

unexpected

lent, -e

slow

seul, -e

only, alone

suivant, -e

following

vrai, -e

true

faux, fausse

false