D'alors (en. From then)

/dalɔʁ/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

adverb

Used to refer to a specific moment in the past.

Back then, he was still young.

D'alors, il était encore jeune.

Often expresses a condition or memory related to a previous situation.

If I remember back then, everything seemed simpler.

Si je me souviens d'alors, tout semblait plus simple.

Can be used to establish a contrast or comparison with the present.

Back then, life was less complicated than today.

D'alors, la vie était moins compliquée qu'aujourd'hui.

Contraction of 'de' and 'alors', used to mark a point in time in the past.

back then while maintaining

comparison between the past and the present.

d'alors en maintenant

to remember back then

recalling a memory or an event from the past.

se souvenir d'alors

at that time back then

refers to a specific period in history.

à l'époque d'alors

then

word used to link a fact to a specific moment.

alors

yesteryear

term that designates a bygone time, often distant.

jadis

formerly

indicates a period in the past.

autrefois

Expressing nostalgia for the past.

Ah, the years back then, that was something!

Ah, les années d'alors, c'était quelque chose!

Evoking memories of a bygone era in a familiar way.

Do you remember back then? It was the good old days.

Tu te souviens d'alors ? C'était la belle époque.