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Adverbes de temps
Adverbs of time express when the action of a verb occurs.
| actuellement | currently | |
| alors | then | |
| après | after | |
| après-demain | the day after tomorrow | |
| aujourd’hui | today | |
| auparavant | previously, beforehand | |
| aussitôt | immediately | |
| autrefois | formerly, in the past | |
| avant | before | |
| avant-hier | the day before yesterday | |
| bientôt | soon | |
| d’abord | first, at first | |
| déjà | already, ever | |
| demain | tomorrow | |
| depuis | since | |
| dernièrement | lately | |
| désormais | from now/then on | |
| dorénavant | from now/then on | |
| enfin | at last, finally | |
| ensuite | next | |
| hier | yesterday | |
| immédiatement | immediately | |
| jamais | ever, never | |
| longtemps | for a long time | |
| maintenant | now | |
| précédemment | previously | |
| puis | then | |
| récemment | recently | |
| subitement | suddenly, all of a sudden | |
| tard | late | |
| tôt | early |
French also has some expressions that serve as adverbial phrases of time:
| à la fois | at the same time | ||
| à l’avance | ahead of time, in advance | ||
| à temps | in time | ||
| au fur et à mesure | as, while | ||
| ça fait (un an…) | it’s been (a year), (a year) ago | ||
| ce matin | this morning | ||
| ce soir | tonight | ||
| dans l’intervalle | meanwhile | ||
| de bonne heure | early | ||
| demain matin | tomorrow morning | ||
| demain soir | tomorrow night | ||
| de suite | (informal) | at once | |
| d’ores et déjà | already | ||
| en avance | early, ahead of time | ||
| en même temps | at the same time | ||
| en retard | late | ||
| hier matin | yesterday morning | ||
| hier soir | last night | ||
| il y a | ago | ||
| n’importe quand | anytime | ||
| sur-le-champ | right away | ||
| tout à coup | all of a sudden | ||
| tout à l’heure | a little while ago; in a little while | ||
| tout de suite | immediately | ||
Adverbs of Time Quiz
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