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balbutiais
first/second-person singular imperfect indicative of balbutier
je
I
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ne
- not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with only a few particular verbs: see usage notes)
- not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below)
- Used in a subordinate clause before a subjunctive verb (especially when the main verb expresses doubt or fear), to provide extra overtones of doubt or uncertainty (but not negating its verb); the so-called "pleonastic" or "expletive" ne.
- In comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative
savais
first/second-person singular imperfect indicative of savoir
que
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- that (introduces a subordinate noun clause and connects it to its parent clause)
- Substitutes for another, previously stated conjunction.
- when, no sooner
- Links two noun phrases in apposition forming a clause without a (finite) verb, such that the complement acts as predicate.
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dire
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- to say, to tell (to express through speech)
- to tell (to order, to advise)
- to say, to tell (to set out in writing)
- to say (often used in the sense of responding to an objection)
- to say, to tell of (to celebrate, to sing, to narrate)
- to say, to tell (to deliver, to recite)
- to say, (figuratively) to seem like, to look like (to judge, to believe, to think)
- to mean, to say, to state (to denote, to signify, to indicate, to mark)
- to say, to tell (used when speaking of actions, of gestures, of looks, etc., that demonstrate someone's thinking)
- (informal) to call out (to denounce)
- to say (to express what one thinks, what one feels, what one sees)
- to say (to signify, to be used for a word, a phrase, a sentence)
- to say (to claim, to assure that one has a certain quality)
- to say to oneself, to think to oneself, to tell oneself, to think (to make this or that reflection, to have this or that thought, to make this or that reasoning within oneself)
- (informal) to be of interest to, to interest [with à ‘someone’], to be up for, to be interested, to like to, to feel like (to be okay with, to be tempted by)
- (informal) to sound familiar