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Time adverbs in French
Definition[edit | edit source]
Adverbs which indicate the time at which something takes place, or the duration or frequency of an event, are time adverbs:
- L'image est nette à présent
The picture is clear now
- Il y est toujours
He is still there
- Soudain il y a eu comme un déplacement d'air
Suddenly there was a kind of movement of air
Typical time adverbs[edit | edit source]
Representative examples[edit | edit source]
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Actuellement il sort avec ma soeur | Currently, he's going out with my sister |
Il l'avait rencontrée deux ans auparavant | He had met her two years before |
Dès lors il voulait passer sa vie avec elle | From then on he wanted to spend his life with her |
Elle s'en est rendu compte aussitôt | She realized immediately |
Ensuite il ne s'est rien passé | Afterwards nothing happened |
Entre-temps elle avait rencontré quelqu'un d'autre | Meanwhile she had met someone else |
Son sourire n'a plus été le même par la suite | His smile was never the same afterwards |
Nous avons parlé longtemps | We spoke for a long time |
Le bureau occupe deux étages, naguère habités | The office occupies two floors, formerly living accommodation |
Quelquefois on me conduisait à Roubaix | Sometimes they took me to Roubaix |
J'ai souvent voulu le faire | I've often wanted to do it |
Sors tout de suite | Get out of here immediately |
Videos[edit | edit source]
Adverbs of Time in French[edit | edit source]
Adverbs of Time and Frequency[edit | edit source]
Sources[edit | edit source]
- https://www.amazon.fr/s?k=9780340991244
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zsumo0dPcA
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfCxlXIZjjg
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- Position of more than one object pronoun with faire etc. + infinitive
- Nouns that are only masculine or only feminine But may refer to both men and women
- Use of the definite article with quantities
- The irregular verb avoir
- Location of adverbs modifying verb phrases
- se as an alternative to an English passive
- Use of an année, jour journée, matin matinée, soir soirée
- Subject Verb Agreement — Agreement quantifiers numeral nouns
- Unstressed and Stressed Pronouns
- Use of en with numerals and quantifiers
- Adjectives which normally follow the noun but can also precede, without significant changes in meaning
- Impersonal subject restricted to il
- Quantifiers — tout and chaque
- Use of y
- Grammatical and real gender