Grammatical class
Adverb
soudain
suddenly, all of a sudden
Details
Syllables
sou-dain
Phonetics
su.dɛ̃
Grammatical class
Adverb
Freq. (books)
264
Freq. (movies)
2090
Freq. (news)
5641
Variants
Sentences
Il ferma soudain la porte.
He closed the door suddenly.
Il entra soudain dans la pièce.
He suddenly entered the room.
Son départ soudain nous a tous surpris.
Her sudden departure surprised us all.
Mon ordinateur a soudain cessé de fonctionner.
My computer suddenly stopped working.
La porte s'ouvrit soudain.
The door opened suddenly.
Il s'arrêta soudain de parler.
He suddenly stopped talking.
Elle se tut soudain.
She suddenly fell silent.
Il se mit soudain à pleuvoir.
It suddenly started raining.
Il a soudain changé d'attitude.
He suddenly changed his attitude.
Un chien me sauta soudain dessus.
A dog suddenly jumped at me.
Elle eut soudain une bonne idée.
A good idea suddenly struck her.
Le temps changea soudain.
The weather changed suddenly.