12.8.2

Prepositions 2

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'Pendant', 'Depuis', 'Pour' - For

'Pendant', 'depuis', and 'pour' all mean 'for'. They are each used differently.

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Pendant

  • 'Pendant' is used to specify a length of time.
    • Tous les jours, je parle avec Sam pendant une heure.
      • I speak to Sam every day for an hour.
    • J'ai habité en France pendant un an.
      • I lived in France for a year.
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Depuis

  • 'Depuis' is used for actions that started in the past but that are still happening now.
    • Je viens ici pour un café depuis des années.
      • I have been coming here for a coffee for years.
    • Il est ici depuis six mois
      • He has been here for six months.
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Pour

  • 'Pour' is used similarly to how 'for' is used in English when describing time.
  • 'Pour' is only used to express the future.
    • Je vais aller en Inde pour trois semaines
      • I am going to go to India for three weeks.
    • L'année prochaine, je vais aller en Italie pour une semaine.
      • Next year, I am going to go to Italy for a week.

Other Prepositions

Here are some other important prepositions that you need to know. They are used in the same way that they are used in English:

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Avec - with

  • Avec plaisir .
    • With pleasure.
  • J'y suis allé avec ma famille.
    • I went there with my family.
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Dans - in

  • Je vis dans une petite ville.
    • I live in a small city.
  • Dans tous les cas.
    • In any case.
  • J'arriverai dans une heure.
    • I will arrive in an hour.
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Sans - without

  • Je bois toujours mon café sans lait.
    • I always drink my coffee without milk.
  • Il l'a fait sans difficulté.
    • He did it without difficulty.
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Chez - at the home of

  • Je suis chez Theo.
    • I am at Theo's house.
  • Elle est chez Lucy.
    • She is at Lucy's house.
  • Je dois rentrer chez moi
    • I need to go home.
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Contre - against

  • Ils ont voté contre la proposition.
    • They voted against the proposal.
  • Lutte contre le cancer.
    • Fight against cancer.

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11.5Conditional Tense

11.6Future Perfect Tense

11.7Conditional Perfect Tense

11.8Pluperfect Tense

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