la
/ʃoz/
Translation
thing
Word origin
From Latin causa ('cause, matter, affair'), which in Late Latin came to mean 'thing'. The same root gave English 'cause'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- causa
- English cognates
- cause
Grammar
Examples
J' ' .
I have something important to tell you.
C' , .
This is a serious thing, we need to act fast.
, - .
First and foremost, let's make sure we understand the problem.
.
There are so many things to do before leaving.
sûre, .
One thing is certain, we will not back down.
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La fête surprise
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Il faut que tu partes
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Il ne reste que ça
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Le coffre du jardin
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L'homme dont elle parle
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Grammar articles
(17)French Advanced Grammar (C1-C2): The Constructions That Sound Native
Avoiding the Passive in French: on, se and the Active Recast
French Adjectives and Nouns with à or de
The French Conditional Perfect: j'aurais fait, elle serait venue
French Demonstrative Forms: Drilling ce, cet, cette, ces
dont in Depth: The French de Relative Pronoun
quand + Future: The Tense English Refuses
French quel and lequel: Which and Which One
French Noun Gender: Why Every Noun Is Le or La, and the Endings That Give It Away
French Noun Plurals: Add -s, Say Nothing - the Article Does the Work
Sequencing French Past Tenses: Passé Composé, Imparfait and Plus-que-parfait Together
French Pronouns Y and EN: there, some, of it, of them
French Relative Pronouns After a Preposition: lequel, auquel, duquel
French Relative Pronouns: qui, que, dont, où and How to Glue Clauses Together
French si Clauses: The Three Types of Conditional Sentence
The French Subjunctive After Superlatives and Exclusives
The French Passive Voice (la voix passive)
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