le
/tʁɛ̃/
Translation
train, pace
Word origin
From the verb trainer ('to drag, to pull'), from Vulgar Latin traginare, ultimately from Latin trahere ('to draw, to drag').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- trahere
- English cognates
- train, tractor, traction
Grammar
Examples
, depechez-.
The train leaves in twenty minutes, hurry up.
.
I take the train every morning to go to work.
l' .
He was in the middle of reading when I called him.
.
The eight o'clock train is arriving ten minutes late.
invités.
She is in the middle of preparing dinner for her guests.
Used in
Grammar articles
(8)French Advanced Grammar (C1-C2): The Constructions That Sound Native
The French Present Participle and Gerund (le participe présent et le gérondif)
The French Pluperfect (le plus-que-parfait): The Past Before the Past
French Prepositions: à, de, en, dans, sur, chez and the Mandatory Contractions
The French Subjunctive After Doubt, Emotion and Opinion
French Superlatives: le plus, le moins, and the Irregulars
French Time Expressions: depuis, pendant, il y a and pour
Venir de + Infinitive: the French Recent Past (to have just done something)
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