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

Sentences

Il ferma soudain la porte.

He closed the door suddenly.

A1

Il entra soudain dans la pièce.

He suddenly entered the room.

A1

Son départ soudain nous a tous surpris.

Her sudden departure surprised us all.

A1

Mon ordinateur a soudain cessé de fonctionner.

My computer suddenly stopped working.

A1

La porte s'ouvrit soudain.

The door opened suddenly.

A2

Il s'arrêta soudain de parler.

He suddenly stopped talking.

A2

Elle se tut soudain.

She suddenly fell silent.

B1

Il se mit soudain à pleuvoir.

It suddenly started raining.

B1

Il a soudain changé d'attitude.

He suddenly changed his attitude.

B1

Un chien me sauta soudain dessus.

A dog suddenly jumped at me.

B1

Elle eut soudain une bonne idée.

A good idea suddenly struck her.

B2

Le temps changea soudain.

The weather changed suddenly.

C2