Depuis et pendant Flashcards
Ask about duration of an action that began in the past and is still continuing in the present?
HOW LONG has Camille been living near her mother?
Depuis combien de temps + present tense.
DEPUIS COMBIEN DE TEMPS est-ce que Camille habite près de sa mère?
Mado has been keeping her fathers secret FOR a long time.
Mado grade le secret de son père DEPUIS longtemps
Negative…(how?)
Antoine has not lived on the Rue Mouffetard FOR sixty years
Passé composé + depuis + unit of time
Antoine N’A PAS HABITÉ dans la rue Mouffetard DEPUIS soixante ans.
To ask about the beginning time of an action that began in the last and is still continuing in the present?
SINCE WHEN has Camille been living near her mother?
Depuis quand + present tense
DEPUIS QUAND est-ce que Camille habite près de sa mère?
Camille has been living near her other SINCE 1998 (how?)
Present tense verb + depuis + date (or a word designating an event)
Camille habite près de sa mère DEPUIS 1998.
Camille has been looking for her locker SINCE the show this morning.
Camille cherche son médaillon DEPUIS l’émission ce matin.
To ask about the duration of an action?
Use pendant combien de temps and can be followed by any tense, depending on the meaning of the question
HOW LONG do Bruno and Camile talk?
HOW LONG did Bruno and Camile talk?
PENDANT COMBIEN DE TEMPS Bruno et Camille parlent-ils?
PENDANT COMBIEN DE TEMPS Bruno et Camille ont-ils parlé?
Answer question about duration of time? (How)
They talk (talked) for three hours?
Pendant + unit of time
Ils parlent (ont parlé) PENDANT trois heures.
What can mean ‘during’ when followed by what?
DURING the meal, Bruno asks Camille questions.
PENDANT can mean DURING when followed by a NOUN
PENDANT le repas, Bruno pose des questions à Camille.
DURING the war, Antoine lived in the Cévennes.
PENDANT la guerre, Antoine a habité dans les Cévennes
