Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Page 7
Then I slipped down to the ground and crawled in among the trees, and, sure enough, there was Tom Sawyer waiting for me.
Puis je me glissai jusqu'au sol et rampai parmi les arbres, et, effectivement, Tom Sawyer était là à m'attendre.
Vocabulary
- Puis
- pwee — Then; used to indicate the next action in sequence.
- je
- zhuh — I; first person singular subject pronoun.
- me
- muh — Me; first person singular reflexive or object pronoun.
- glissai
- glee-say — Slid; past tense of glisser, to slide or slip.
- jusqu'au
- zhoos-koh — Down to; up to; as far as a point.
- sol
- sol — Ground; floor; the surface beneath one's feet.
- et
- ay — And; basic coordinating conjunction linking elements.
- rampai
- rahm-pay — Crawled; past tense of ramper, to crawl or creep.
- parmi
- par-mee — Among; in the middle of a group or crowd.
- les
- lay — The; definite article for plural nouns.
- arbres
- ar-bruh — Trees; plural of arbre, a woody perennial plant.
- effectivement
- eh-fek-teev-mahn — Indeed; actually; confirming something is truly the case.
- était
- ay-tay — Was; third person singular imperfect of être, to be.
- là
- lah — There; indicates a specific place or location nearby.
- à
- ah — At; to; versatile preposition indicating location or purpose.
- m'attendre
- mah-tahn-druh — To wait for me; infinitive indicating someone awaiting arrival.
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