la
/mɛ̃/
Translation
hand
Word origin
From Latin manus ('hand'). The same root gave English manual, manage and manufacture.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- manus
- English cognates
- manual, manage, manufacture, manuscript
Grammar
Examples
- , .
Give me your hand, we will cross together.
, .
She has green fingers, all her plants are beautiful.
, .
He read the news first, hand on heart.
- .
Give me your hand to cross the road.
.
He took the situation in hand quickly.
Used in
Stories
(15)Chez le médecin
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Le coup de téléphone
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Le jour du travail
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Le nouveau docteur
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Le nouveau voisin
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Le premier jour de travail
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Il faut que tu partes
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Le coffre du jardin
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Le détective
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Grammar articles
(9)French Grammar Cheatsheet: The Essentials, One Page
French Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2): The Things That Stop You at the Plateau
French Object Pronouns: me, te, le, la, lui, nous, vous, leur and the Preverbal Position
The French Present Participle and Gerund (le participe présent et le gérondif)
French Passé Composé: avoir or être + Past Participle and the MRS VANDERTRAMP Set
The French Pluperfect (le plus-que-parfait): The Past Before the Past
French Question Words: qui, que, quand, où, comment, pourquoi and the Three Ways to Ask
French si Clauses: The Three Types of Conditional Sentence
The French Passive Voice (la voix passive)
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