/i.si/
Translation
here
Word origin
From Old French ici, from Vulgar Latin ecce hic ('behold here'), combining ecce ('behold') with hic ('here'). The Latin demonstrative hic is the source.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- ecce hic
Examples
, j' .
Come here, I have something to show you.
' .
He hasn't lived around here for a long time.
, c' , c' ?
Here, I'm the one who decides, is that clear?
, .
Sign here, at the bottom of the last page.
.
It's always cold here in winter.
Where this fits
Used in
Stories
(12)On a le temps
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Un soir avec Marc
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Une bonne chose
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Pas la même chose
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Seule dans la nuit
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Le dernier train de la nuit
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Le premier jour de travail
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Un matin au marché
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Un voyage difficile
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Une rencontre au marché
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Pas devant les clients
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Grammar articles
(16)Avoiding the Passive in French: on, se and the Active Recast
How to Say Therefore, So, Thus and Hence in French
Reported Speech in French: Tense Backshift (dit que, a dit que)
The French Future Perfect: futur antérieur
French Imperative: tu, nous, vous Commands and the Three Irregulars
French Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2): The Things That Stop You at the Plateau
French Negation Beyond pas: ne... que, ni... ni, aucun
French Negation: ne... pas, jamais, rien, personne and the Colloquial ne-Drop
French Question Words: qui, que, quand, où, comment, pourquoi and the Three Ways to Ask
French Stressed Pronouns: moi, toi, lui, elle, nous, vous, eux, elles
French Subject Pronouns: je, tu, il, nous, vous, ils and the on That Replaced nous
The French Subjunctive After Conjunctions
The French Subjunctive After Necessity and Will
The French Subjunctive in Relative Clauses
French Time Expressions: depuis, pendant, il y a and pour
The French Passive Voice (la voix passive)
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