alors que
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French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]- while, whereas, though; expresses a sense of opposition between simultaneous events
- Synonyms: tandis que, cependant que
- 2020 August 15, “Japon: 75 ans après la capitulation, Shinzo Abe veut réformer l'armée”, in rfi.fr[1], Radio France Internationale:
- Alors que l’archipel commémore la fin de la guerre, le parti du Premier ministre, Shinzo Abe, vient de donner son feu vert à un projet de réforme extrêmement controversé concernant l’armée, un texte belliqueux, selon l’opposition.
- As the archipelago commemorates the end of the war, the party of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has just given the green light to an extremely controversial reform project concerning the army, a warmongering text according to the opposition.
- (literary or Quebec) when, while
- Synonyms: lorsque, au moment où
Usage notes
[edit]- In France, alors que is used in the temporal sense of "when" in a more formal register to introduce the background (given with a verb in the imperfect) to a specific event (given with a verb in the compound past or simple past).
- In Canada, alors que is used more generally.