Definition of the french words ´puis´ ´puisque´ ´pres´ ´après´ ´auprès´ ´presque´ ´depuis´ ´dès´?
I'm learning french and i already know some of the definitions of these words. The problem is that i know them in spanish i can't make the differences between words like ´depuis´ ´dès´ and stuff like. So i'll like to know them in english.
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I am going to write you some short sentences that can help you understand.
" Elle m'a sonne PUIS, elle est venue me voir.
She called me AND THEN, she came to see me.
PUIS gives also a sense of continuation in a sentence.
Il me parlait de sa femme PUIS il a dit qu'elle etait jolie.
He was talking about his wife AND " ADDED " that she was beautiful. ...his wife AND said that...
PUISQU' IL pleut, je vais dormir.
BECAUSE it is rainning, I am going to sleep.
Ma mere est partie PUISQUE j'ai sommeil.
My mother left BECAUSE I am sleepy.
Le livre est PRES de la lampe.
The book is NEXT TO the lamp.
Elle etait PRES de moi.
She was NEXT TO me.
Vous allez lire ma traduction APRES de l'avoir soumise.
You are going to read my translation AFTER I submitted it.
PRES et AUPRES sont synonymes. AUPRES leaves a feeling of closeness like NEAR in English.
AUPRES de la riviere, je pense mieux.
NEAR the river, I think better. You would not say " NEXT TO the river.
Il est PRESQUE 8 PM.
It is ALMOST 8 PM.
DEPUIS que tu es partie, je ne suis pas heureux.
SINCE you left, I am not happy.
DEPUIS marks also the " time ".
Je ne fume pas DEPUIS cinq ans.
I do not smoke five years AGO.
Cela fait DEPUIS longtemps que je parle le francais.
It is a long time SINCE I speak French.
DES ( with accent) marks also the " time ".
DES son arrivee, je ne pouvais plus lire.
SOON / ONCE she arrived, I could no longer read.
Trying the Spanish side.
PUIS = entonce
PUISQUE = al saber que tu te vayas. ------ Ya que tu te vayas.
PRES = cerca
APRES = despues.
AUPRES = cerca tambien.
PRESQUE =casi
DEPUIS = Hasta que te conosi ( time again) SINCE (the time) I know you. Also DESDE: DESDE ayer, me siente contento.
DES = Desde
Hope that I help!
puis= then, when explaining a sequence of events.
Puisque= because or since. (Puisque j'étais dans le coin je suis passé chez-toi. "Because I was in the area, I dropped in at your house.")
Près= close, in a physical sense. (Proche refers to closeness in relationship.)
après= after
auprès= near/towards.
presque= almost
depuis= from (from a given place or time.) "Depuis 6 ans j'essaie de faire du pain." 'I have tried to make bread for 6 years." (From six years ago, I have tried to make bread.)
dès= from (starting from a certain time onward). "Dès la première rencontre." From the first meeting on.
All the answers are good, but is better to consult a dictionary with multiple examples.
puis: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2010
Principal Translations/Principales traductions
puis adv next
puis adv next, afterwards then
Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires
puis adv besides
puis adv (de plus) in addition plus
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puis: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2010
Compound Forms/Formes composées
et puis adv next, afterwards then
et puis quoi encore ? excl familier colloquial come off it
si je puis dire phrase so to speak
puis /pɥi/ adverb
1. then;
des poires et ~ des pêches pears and peaches;
et ~ quoi encore! (familiar) what next?;
2. il va être en colère? et ~ (après)? (familiar) so what if he's angry!
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Presque Definition
These French words are often used in idiomatic ways. Here's what my dictionary says:
.. puis (adv.) = then
.. puisque (conj.) = since, as
.. près (adv.) = near, close. près de = near (to), close to. à cela près = apart from that. de près = closely.
.. après (prép.) = after; (au-delà de) = beyond. (adv.) = after(wards); (plus tard) = later. après avoir fait = after doing. après qu'il est parti = after he left. après coup = after the event. apres tout = after all. d'après (selon) = according to. après-demain (adv.) = the day after tomorrow. après-guerre (nom m.) = post-war period. après-midi (nom m./f. invar.) = afternoon. après-rasage (nom m.) = after-shave. après-ski (nom m.) = moon-boot. après-vente (adj.) = after-sales.
.. auprès (de) (prép.) = by, next to. (comparé à) = compared with. (s'adressant à) = to.
.. presque (adv.) = almost, nearly. presque jamais = hardly ever. presque rien = hardly anything. presque pas (de) = hardly any
.. depuis (prép,) = since; (durée) = for; (à partir de) = from. (adv.) = (ever) since. depuis que = since. depuis quand attendez-vous? = how long have you been waiting?
.. dès (prép.) = (right) from, from the time of. dès lors = from then on. dès que = as soon as.