Grammatical class

Preposition

avant

before (in time)

Details

Syllables

a-vant

Phonetics

a.vɑ̃

Grammatical class

Preposition

Freq. (books)

104

Freq. (movies)

143

Freq. (news)

80

Sentences

Elle est arrivé un jour avant moi.

She arrived one day before me.

A1

La vie avant tout !

Life first!

A1

Je passe avant toi.

I outrank you.

A1

En avant la marche !

March on!

A1

Zéro vient avant un.

Zero comes before one.

A1

J'ai su avant vous.

I knew before you knew.

A2

Viens ici avant sept heures.

Come here before seven o'clock.

A2

J'ai su avant toi.

I found out before you did.

B1

Agiter avant l'usage.

Shake before use.

B1

Tom est né avant Mary.

Tom was born before Mary was.

B1

Tu pleureras avant peu.

You'll be crying before long.

B1

Faisons avant tout ceci.

Let's do this first of all.

C2