Grammatical class

Adverb

auparavant

beforehand, previously [from 15th century]

Details

Syllables

au-pa-ra-vant

Phonetics

o.pa.ʁa.vɑ̃

Grammatical class

Adverb

Freq. (books)

1264

Freq. (movies)

2902

Freq. (news)

1473

Sentences

Je l'ai vu auparavant.

I've seen it before.

A1

J'y ai été auparavant.

I've been there before.

A1

J'ai vu ça auparavant.

I've seen this before.

A1

Je l'ai vue auparavant.

I have seen her before.

A1

Ils l'ont fait auparavant.

They've done it before.

A2

As-tu vécu ici auparavant ?

Did you live here before?

A2

Je n'y ai jamais songé auparavant.

I've never thought about that before.

B1

Il y avait un pont, ici, auparavant.

There used to be a bridge here.

B1

Je maintiens ce que j'ai dit auparavant.

I stand by what I said before.

B1

Mon père conduisait auparavant une Coccinelle.

My dad used to drive a Beetle.

B1

Je l’en avais averti longtemps auparavant.

I had warned him about it long before.

B2

Je l'ignorais, auparavant.

I didn't know it before.

B2