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Words and sentences
nous
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- the plural personal pronoun in the first person:
- the plural personal pronoun in the first person:
- we (as the royal we)
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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
savons
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plural of savon
rien
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- nothing
- anything
d'autre
else (besides, other than)
de
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- of (expresses belonging)
- of (used to express property or association)
- from (used to indicate origin)
- of (indicates an amount)
- used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word
- from (used to indicate the start of a time or range)
- used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive
- by (indicates the amount of change)
lui
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- him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject
- him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object