While in French

Definition

Definition in EnglishIntroduces a situation continuing during the time another situation or event occurs; temporal overlap, not contrast.

Definition in FrenchIntroduit une situation qui continue pendant qu’une autre se produit.

Example sentences

• Pendant que je lisais, quelqu’un a ouvert la porte.🔊

  While I was reading, someone opened the door.

• Quelqu’un a ouvert la porte pendant que je lisais.🔊

  Someone opened the door while I was reading.

• On mangeait pendant que les enfants dormaient.🔊

  We were eating while the children were sleeping.

Learn it in a lesson

• Past background and interrupted actions in French

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