la
/fʁɑz/
Translation
sentence
Word origin
From Greek phrasis ('speech, way of speaking'), from phrazein ('to declare').
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- phrasis
- English cognates
- phrase, paraphrase
Grammar
Examples
Cette .
This sentence is far too clumsy for a title.
week-end.
Write three sentences about your weekend.
.
He repeated the same sentence all evening.
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These sentences do not mean anything.
.
I do not understand the end of his sentence.
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(7)Grammar articles
(14)French Concession Clauses: However It Turns Out
The French Conditional Perfect: j'aurais fait, elle serait venue
French Demonstrative Pronouns: celui, celle, ceux, celles
dont in Depth: The French de Relative Pronoun
French Noun Plurals: Add -s, Say Nothing - the Article Does the Work
The French Present Participle and Gerund (le participe présent et le gérondif)
laisser, voir and entendre + Infinitive in French
The French Pluperfect (le plus-que-parfait): The Past Before the Past
French Possessive Pronouns: le mien, le tien, le sien, le nôtre, le vôtre, le leur
French Pronouns Y and EN: there, some, of it, of them
j'aurais dû, tu aurais pu: French Regrets and Reproaches
The French Subjunctive After Doubt, Emotion and Opinion
The French Past Subjunctive: subjonctif passé
French Word Order: SVO, the Object Pronoun Inversion, and Six Rules That Cover 90% of Sentences
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