Temporal prepositions in French
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You should know that there are a lot of different prepositions of time (French: Prépositions de temps) in the French language. Below you can find a comprehensive list of all French temporal prepositions:
Temporal prepositions | Translation | Example sentence |
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à | at, in | À trois heures, je suis à la gare. |
au mois de | in the month of | Cette année, nous allons en vacances au mois d'août. |
à partir de | from today on | À partir d'aujourd'hui, je ne fume plus. |
après | after | Nous avons beaucoup travaillé aprés les vacances. |
avant | before | Nos amis vont venir avant dix heures. |
dans | in, from now | Dans une semaine, je vais à Paris. |
de ... à | from ... to | Je travaille de lundi à samedi. |
depuis | for | On passe nos vacances en France depuis des années. |
dès | from, since | Il savait lire dès l'âge de 5 ans. |
en | in | Ma fille est née en 1997. |
entre ... et | between ... and | Nous passerons chez vous entre huit et neuf heures. |
il y a | ago | J'étais à Bruxelles il y a deux mois. |
jusque | until | J'ai travaillé jusqu'à trois heures du matin. |
pendant | during | Pendant les vacances, on ne travaille pas. |
pour | for | Elle est partie au Canada pour six mois. |
vers | at, toward | Elle est arrivé vers trois heures de l'après-midi. |
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