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French: AQA GCSE (2025 Exams), topic 6.5.3
'Pendant', 'Depuis', 'Pour' - For
'Pendant', 'depuis', and 'pour' all mean 'for'. They are each used differently.
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.
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.
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.
Test yourself on For
Which of the French words meaning 'for' would you only use when referring to time in the future?