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Fast French Learning
Thomas Ricomard
29 episodes
11 months ago
A French podcast to learn an improve your French: I talk about related and non-related French language subjects, I answer to all of your questions :)
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A French podcast to learn an improve your French: I talk about related and non-related French language subjects, I answer to all of your questions :)
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How to express the duration in French + Exercises
Fast French Learning
4 minutes 41 seconds
7 years ago
How to express the duration in French + Exercises
How to express the duration in French + Exercises
Il y a, dans, depuis, pendant, en, à partir de, jusqu’à
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The duration in French : Il y a (ago)
To express the duration between a completed action and the moment when one speaks.
You use Il y a with the past tense.
Examples :
Il est rentré (passé composé → past) il y a un an/un mois. → He came back a year / a month ago.
Je suis arrivé (passé composé → past) il y a 2 heures. → I arrived 2 hours ago.
Elle était (imparfait → past) là il y a 10 minutes. → She was there 10 minutes ago.
Il y a une semaine j’ai vu (passé composé → past) un film. → A week ago i saw a movie.
Ils sont partis (passé composé → past) il y a longtemps. → They left a long time ago.
 
The duration in French : Dans (in)
To express the length of time between speaking and future action.
You use Dans with the preset tense or the future.
Examples :
Elle part (présent de l’indicatif → present tense) dans un mois. → She leaves in a month.
Elle va partir (futur → future) dans un mois. → She will leave in a month.
Nous serons (futur → future) chez toi dans 876 heures. → We will be at your place in 6 hours.
Je suis (présent de l’indicatif → present tense) à Paris dans 15 jours. → I am in Paris in 15 days.
Elle va (présent de l’indicatif → present tense) en France dans 6 mois. → She goes to France in 6 months.
 
The duration in French : Depuis (since, for)
There are 2 uses of the word depuis.
1 - It indicates the starting point of an action, an action that begins in the past and continues in the present.
You use Depuis with the present tense.
Examples :
Je travaille depuis le 1er Avril. → I work since April 1st.
Je ne travaille pas depuis le 1er Avril. → I do not work since April 1st.
Depuis quand habitez-vous ici ? → How long have you lived here ?
J’habite ici depuis 2010. → I have lived here for 2 years.
Nous attendons depuis 1 heure. → We have been waiting for an hour.
2 - It indicates an action that ended in the past.
You use Depuis with the past tense (Imparfait or Passé composé).
Examples :
Je n’ai pas travaillé (passé composé) depuis le 1er Avril. → I have not worked since April 1st.
Je dormais (imparfait) depuis 1 heure quand mon fils s’est réveillé (passé composé).→ I slept for 1 hour when my son woke up.
Je vivais (imparfait) en Autriche depuis 4 ans quand ma fille est née (passé composé). → I lived in Austria for 4 years when my daughter was born.
Il dormait (imparfait) depuis 2 heures quand je suis arrivé (passé composé). → He had been sleeping for 2 hours when i arrived.
Je marchais (imparfait) depuis 1 heure quand Julien m’a appelé (passé composé). → I had been walking for 1 hour when Julien called me.
 
The duration in French : Pendant (for, during, how long)
It indicates the duration of an action. It refers to an action in the past or the future, unrelated to the present.
Examples :
Pendant combien de temps avez-vous étudié le français ? → How long did you study French ?
J’ai étudié le français pendant 5 ans. → I studied French for 5 years.
Fast French Learning
A French podcast to learn an improve your French: I talk about related and non-related French language subjects, I answer to all of your questions :)