Vocabulary
de
from (used to indicate origin); of (indicates possession, association or relationship); of (used to indicate cause); of (indicates an amount); used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word; from (used to indicate the start of a time or range); by (an amount); introduces the indirect object of some verbs; variously translated in English; used before infinitive phrases; often corresponding to an English to-infinitive or gerund; after certain verbs; …
Preposition
liberté
liberty, freedom. 1688, Guy Miège, The Great French Dictionary. "Qu'y a-t-il de plus doux dans ce monde que la liberté? What is there sweeter in this world than liberty?"
Noun
office
charge, task, mandate; administrative bureau, department; religious service, notably liturgical office. 1886, Cora Pearl, Mémoires, ch 3. "Ce qu'il en coute d'aller seule à l'office." "What it costs to go alone to church."; pantry, room adjoining a kitchen where dishes, table linens, and provisions are kept; place where a household's table (food and drink)-related services are conducted, especially by domestic staff
Noun
y a-t-il
subject-inverted form of il y a; is there? are there?, (after a modal adverb) there is, there are
Verb
aveindzu
past participle of aveindre
1981, Rosemary Hyde Thomas, It's good to tell you : French folktales from Missouri:
Il a aveindzu sa p'tsite bouteille, il a pris l'douegt d'la princesse, pis i' l'a mis sus la bouteille.
(please add an English translation of this quotation); 1981, Rosemary Hyde Thomas, It's good to tell you : French folktales from Missouri; Il a aveindzu sa p'tsite bouteille, il a pris l'douegt d'la princesse, pis i' l'a mis sus la bouteille.
Verb
y'ont
contraction of ils + ont
⠊
The independent word il.
oignez vilain, il vous poindra
ellipsis of oignez vilain, il vous poindra ; poignez vilain, il vous oindra
Proverb
ils vécurent heureux et eurent beaucoup d'enfants
they lived happily ever after (used at the end of fairy tales)
Phrase