l'
/ale/
Translation
alley, path, driveway
Word origin
Originally the feminine past participle of the verb aller ('to go'), so literally 'a going' and hence a walk or path. English borrowed it as alley.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- aller
- English cognates
- alley
Grammar
Examples
.
A long path leads to the old house.
.
The park paths are full of flowers.
- l' .
Park in the driveway in front of the garage.
couraient l' .
The children were running down the central path of the public garden.
au ' .
Our house is at the end of a small private lane.
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Grammar articles
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French Grammar Cheatsheet: The Essentials, One Page
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French Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2): The Things That Stop You at the Plateau
French Passé Composé: avoir or être + Past Participle and the MRS VANDERTRAMP Set
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