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When Should Pendant Be Used?

Robert Thorne • • 6 min read
When Should Pendant Be Used?

Use pendant when…
talking about an action that has a concrete start and end point. You can use pendant to discuss this type of action in the present, past (with the passé composé) or future. J'ai joué au foot pendant trois heures aujourd'hui. (I played soccer for three hours today.)

What is pendant used for?

Pendant is used with past and future actions, to describe how long something lasted for or will last for. For example: J'ai habité en France pendant trois mois. – I lived in France for three months.

Is pendant Imparfait or passe compose?

If pendant is used to describe past durations with a clear beginning and end, and the imperfect is used to describe continuing actions or habits in the past, why is the example "J'étais là pendant quarante-cinq minutes" instead of "J'ai été là pendant quarante-cinq minutes" since the passé composé is used to describe ...

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