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On
Pronoun
  raconte
Verb
  qu'à
 l'époque  ces
Determiner
  familles
Noun
  ne
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Adverb
  se
Pronoun
  parlaient
Verb
  guère
Adverb
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It is said that at the time these families hardly spoke to each other.
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On

A village in Luxembourg, Belgium

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qu'à

que + à

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ces

masculine/feminine plural of ce: these, those

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familles

plural of famille

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ne

  1. not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with only a few particular verbs: see usage notes)
  2. not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below)
  3. 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.
  4. In comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative

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se

  1. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.
  2. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.
  3. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.
  4. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.
  5. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.
  6. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.
  7. The second-person plural reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.

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parlaient

third-person plural imperfect indicative of parler

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guère

hardly, barely

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