Grammatical class

Preposition

durant

during, while

Details

Syllables

du-rant

Phonetics

dy.ʁɑ̃

Grammatical class

Preposition

Freq. (books)

6661

Freq. (movies)

8726

Freq. (news)

576

Sentences

Il a étudié durant dix ans.

He studied for ten years.

A1

Il aime nager durant l'été.

He likes swimming in summer.

A1

Il aime à nager durant l'été.

He likes swimming in the summer.

A1

On doit étudier sa vie durant.

You must study your whole life.

A1

Un feu démarra durant la nuit.

A fire broke out during the night.

A2

Je suis né durant l'ère Showa.

I'm a person who was born during the Showa era.

A2

Il plut durant la nuit.

It rained during the night.

B1

Yanni est mort durant un coma.

Yanni died in a coma.

B1

Il fixa sa main durant un moment.

He stared at her hand for a moment.

B1

Les ours hibernent durant l'hiver.

Bears hibernate during the winter.

B1

Gabriel a vécu durant des siècles.

Gabriel has lived for centuries.

B2

Je suis resté là durant quatre semaines.

I stayed there for four weeks.

B2