Quand l’amour nous tient, adieu la prudence, a dit La Fontaine. · French · learnfeliz · Learn new languages for free!

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Quand
Subordinating conjunction

l’amour nous
Pronoun

tient
Verb

, adieu
Noun

la
Determiner

prudence
Noun

, a

Auxiliary

dit
Verb

La
Determiner

Fontaine
Proper noun

.

When love holds us, farewell to prudence, La Fontaine said.
When love holds us, farewell to prudence, La Fontaine said.

Subordinating conjunction

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nous

1. the plural personal pronoun in the first person:
2. the plural personal pronoun in the first person:
3. we (as the royal we)

adieu

1. farewell, adieu
2. goodbye, see you soon
3. hello
4. hello, goodbye

prudence

prudence, caution, care

a

The first letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.

dit

past participle of dire
Indicating a surname used as a family name.

la

the (definite article)

Fontaine

a habitational surname, Fontaine

quand

when

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