Expressing Routine Activities

General phrases:

De temps en temps, de temps autre From time to time

Parfois Occasionally
Quelquefois Sometimes
Pendant la semaine During the week
Tout au long de la semaine Throughout the week
Le vendredi soir On Friday evenings
Le dimanche matin On Sunday mornings
Selon le jour Depending on the day
Mais cela dpend du jour But that depends on the day
Surtout le week-end Especially at weekends
Si jai le temps If I have time
En gnral Generally
En principe As a rule
Jessaie de + infinitive I try + infinitive
On aime surtout + infinitive We especially like + present participle
Mme si Even if
Cest--dire That is to say
Ceci dit, cela dit That said
En arrivant On arriving
Jai du mal + infinitive I find it hard + infinitive
Bien sr, bien entendu Of course
Je narrive jamais + infinitive I never manage + infinitive

Time & Distance phrases:

Vers huit heures, environ huit heures At about 8 oclock

huit heures pile
Comme jhabite assez loin (prs) de
30 minutes en mtro
plus de 10 kilomtres de
Je vais en courant
Quelques minutes aprs
Peu de temps aprs
En peu de temps
Aprs avoir mang, ayant mang
Aprs tre arriv, tant arriv
Aprs mtre habill
Passer + time + + infinitive
At 8 oclock on the dot
As I live quite far from (near to)
30 minutes by tube
More than 10km from
I run to
A few minutes later
A little while afterwards
Within a short space of time
After having eaten, having eating
After having arrived, having arrived
After Ive got dressed
To spend + time + present participle

Expressing consequence:

Alors, So,
Par consquent, Therefore,
Je suis donc parti (note word order) So I left
Cependant However
Nanmoins, toutefois Nevertheless
En revanche, par contre On the other hand

JCW
Nov 2014