Le

Article

 * 1) Oblique masculine singular definite article

Noun

 * 1) vow

Etymology 1
From lé:.

Noun

 * 1) scythe (farm tool)

Etymology 2
From hlæja:.

Verb

 * 1) laugh (show mirth by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face and emission of sounds)

Etymology
From le:, from  illum, by dropping il- and -m. Latin illum is the accusative singular of ille:.

Article

 * 1) The (definite article).
 * Le lait du matin — The milk of the morning.
 * ... I am the valiant Don Quixote of La Mancha, the undoer of wrongs and the repairer of iniquities.
 * 1) (before parts of the body) The; my, your, etc.
 * Il s’est cassé la jambe — He has broken his leg.
 * 1) (before units) a|A, an.
 * Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure — fifty kilometres an hour.
 * 1) (before units) a|A, an.
 * Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure — fifty kilometres an hour.

Pronoun

 * 1)  Him, it.
 * 2) (used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English).
 * Je suis petit et lui, il l’est aussi — I am small and he is too ("he is it too", i.e., "he is small too").

Adverb

 * 1) down

Article

 * 1) the (used only when there is no other sign of plurality, for example with nominalized adjectives)

Article

 * 1) the

Pronoun

 * 1) him
 * Io le appella mi amico — I call him my friend.

Preposition

 * 1) with

Usage notes
Prefixes h to a following vowel-initial word.
 * le héadach – "with clothing"

Used in conjunction with the copula particle is to indicate possession:
 * Is liomsa an hata – "The hat is mine; the hat belongs to me"
 * is le Cáit an peann luaidhe – "The pencil is Cáit's; the pencil belongs to Cáit"

Alternative forms
Form used before definite article: leis, as leis an mbuachaill "with the boy", leis na cailíní "with the girls".

Etymology 1
From illae, which is the nominative plural feminine of ille:.

Article

 * 1) the

Pronoun

 * 1) (third-person plural feminine) them

Pronoun

 * 1)  her, to her
 * Le ho detto che la amo — I told her that I love her.
 * Le ho dato la lettera — I gave her the letter or I gave the letter to her
 * 1)  you, to you
 * Le ho detto il mio nome — I told you my name
 * Le ho dato la lettera — I gave you the letter or I gave the letter to you

Cmavo

 * 1) refers to the x1 sumti of the following word and indicates that the thing the speaker talks about in the following word is just called that way by the speaker and is not necessarily really the thing that is usually described by the word; in other words, le followed by a brivla "returns" a specific instance of that brivla, not the entire class represented by that brivla, and it also prevents that brivla from acting like a selbri

Suffix

 * 1) past-tense suffix; a suffix indicating completed action
 * chàngle yī shǒu gē.
 * Sang a song.


 * 1) * wo zhi qingle yi wei keren.
 * I invited only one guest.
 * 1) * Zhongguo Sichuan fashengle qianglie dizhen.
 * Zhōngguó Sìchuān fāshēngle qiángliè dìzhèn.
 * 中国四川发生了强烈地震.
 * A strong earthquake has happened in Sichuan, China.
 * 1) * ta zhongyu jiejuele yunshu de kunnan.
 * She/he finally solved the difficulty of transportation.
 * 1) * wo wenle ni yige wenti, danshi ni meiyou huida.
 * I asked you a question, but you didn't answer.
 * 1) * women shangliangle xujiu.
 * We talked it over for a long time.
 * 1) * zuijin tamen faxianle yi-ke huixing.
 * Recently they have discovered a comet.
 * 1) * Fang jiaoshou xiang3chu1le yige banfa lai xiaomie zhongzi shang de xijun.
 * Professor Fang worked out a method to destroy bacteria on the seeds.
 * 1) * ta renzhen de jianchale dazigao, paichule suoyou de cuowu.
 * She/he went through the typescript carefully to eliminate all errors from it.
 * 1) * xueshengmen zai bugaopai shang tiele yi-zhang haibao.
 * The students put up a poster on the bulletin board.
 * 1) * zhe-ci diaocha bijiaole butong guojia de jiage.
 * the survey compares prices in different countries.
 * 1) * shuji turan likaile huiyishi.
 * The secretary abruptly left the conference room.
 * 1) * zuotian, tamen canguanle yige xiandai meishu zhanlan.
 * they visited an exhibition of modern art yesterday.
 * 1) * wo yijing jueding le.
 * I have decided.
 * 1) * wo wangjile dangshi ta shuole shenme.
 * I forgot what she/he said at that time.
 * 1) * ni mǎile shenme cài?
 * what food for making dish have you bought?
 * 1) * ni mǎile shenme sòngcài?
 * what food for making dish have you bought?
 * 1) * ba miaor zaicha zhi le.
 * the young plant has been transplanted vertically.

Derived terms

 * Category:Mandarin words derived from: le (suffix) Etymology 了

Particle

 * 1) a modality word (indicating a new situation)
 * tài yíhàn le!
 * What a pitty!
 * rúguǒ nǐ yǒushì dehuà, jiù bùyào lái le.
 * Don't come if you are busy.
 * ta huaiyun le.
 * She is pregnant.


 * 1) * zhege diqu you hen duo shumu bei kanfa le.
 * There are many trees have been felled in this area.
 * 1) * Mao Zedong yú 1976 nian 9 yue 9 ri shìshì le.
 * Mao Zedong died on September 9, 1976.
 * 1) * zhe fen yizhu bei cuangai le.
 * this will has been falsified.
 * 1) * hao le!
 * It's O.K. now.
 * 1) * ta yòu lai le!
 * she/he come again!
 * 1) * huoche dao le!
 * the train is coming/approaching!
 * 1) * huoche yijing dao le!
 * the train has already arrived!
 * 1) * zhongxue biye zhihou ta jiu gongzuo le.
 * after graduated from secondary school then she/he went to work.

Derived terms

 * haole
 * wo bixu zou le

Pinyin

 * 1) 餎:
 * 2) 饹:
 * 3) 了: to finish; aspect particle of completed action
 * (indicating a new situation) Hǎo le — It’s okay now.
 * (indicating completed action) Wǒ zhǐ qǐngle yī wèi kèren — I invited only one guest.

Pinyin syllable
le



Etymology
Rotuman

Noun

 * 1) person

Article

 * 1) the

Descendants

 * French:

Verb

 * 1) to laugh

Article

 * 1) the (masculine singular oblique definite article)
 * 2)  the (feminine singular definite article)

Pronoun

 * 1) third-person, feminin, plural, accusative

Preposition

 * 1) with
 * 2) by
 * 3) down
 * thuit e leis a' chreig - he fell down the rock
 * deòir a' ruith leis a h-aodann - eyes running down her face

Derived terms

 * The following prepositional pronouns:
 * The following prepositional pronouns:

Adverb

 * 1) only

Etymology
ille:.

Pronoun

 * 1) To him, for him (dative form of él)
 * Mi mamá va a escribirle una carta a mi hermano. &mdash; My mom is going to write a letter to my brother.
 * 1) To her, for her (dative form of ella)
 * Le dio un beso a Ana. &mdash; He gave Ana a kiss.
 * 1) To you, for you (dative form of usted, ello, lo)
 * ¿A usted le gustan los caballos? &mdash; Do you like horses?

Etymology
From leia:, lea:, from  hlæja:, from.

Verb

 * 1) to smile
 * 2) to laugh

Derived terms

 * småle

Adjective
le (Class iii/iv)


 * 1) these

Adjective
le (Class ix/x)


 * 1) this

Related terms

 * leyo
 * leyaya

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