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4 Audio Sentences Using “tant que”

4 Audio Sentences Using “tant que”

This lesson looks at several ways to use the conjunction tant que, which has many meanings including “as long as”, “since” and “as much as”.

tant que

as long as, since, as much as

Tant que - as song as, since, as much as

Tant que

Word origin

The Modern French word tant (so, so much) comes from tantum (so, to that point or extent) in Latin.

Example sentences

Tant que tu fais la tête, tu ne joueras pas avec les autres enfants.

As long as you’re sulking, you won’t play with the other kids.

Je ne travaille pas tant que mes collègues.

I don’t work as much as my colleagues.

For these next two sentences, a loose translation of tant que ca is “that much”.

Est-ce qu’il est beau? – Pas tant que ça.

Is he handsome? – Not really.

Il y a has several usages in French including “there is, there are” and “ago”. For this sentence, il y a déjà can tranlslate to “it’s already been”.

Il y a déjà 20 ans. – Tant que ça ?

It’s alerady been 20 years. – That long?

More conjunctions

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David Issokson is a lifelong language learner and speaks over seven languages. Of all the languages he speaks, he's the most passionate about French! David has helped hundreds of students to improve their French in his private lessons. When not teaching or writing his French Word of the Day lessons, David enjoys his time skiing, hiking and mountain biking in Victor, Idaho.

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