monsieur
part of speech
noun (French: monsieur; plural messieurs)
meaning for a pupil
1) (French) Monsieur is the French word for "Mr" or "sir", used before a man's name or to speak to a man politely: «Bonjour, monsieur!» tree →
2) In English, «monsieur» is sometimes used in jokes or stories to make a man sound French. tree →
3) Monsieur can also be a funny title put before an animal's name in a story, such as a cat, to make it sound grand and French. tree →
sense in the lessons
In French lessons, pupils learn polite greetings: «Bonjour, monsieur», «Merci, madame», «Au revoir, mademoiselle»; in France it is polite to add monsieur or madame when greeting a shop keeper. It is written M. before a name: M. Dupont. It sounds like "muh-SYUR" to an English ear. It is a French word, not an English one. Phrases: «Bonjour, monsieur», «Monsieur Dupont», «Mesdames et messieurs» (ladies and gentlemen).
examples
- (French) Bonjour, monsieur ! tree →
- (French) Merci beaucoup, monsieur. tree →
- (French) Monsieur Martin is our French teacher. tree →
- (French) Mesdames et messieurs, the show is about to begin. tree →
- The waiter said, "Your soup, monsieur." tree →
- (French) Excusez-moi, monsieur, où est la gare ? tree →
- A rash and foolish young rabbit jumped into his bag, and Monsieur Puss, immediately drawing close the strings, took and killed him without pity. tree →
note
Plural: «messieurs» ("may-SYUR"). Short form: «M.» (not «Mr.»). Women: «madame» (Mrs, Ms), «mademoiselle» (Miss, now old-fashioned). The «on» sounds like "uh", not "on". It is not an English word.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «monsieur» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.