Dernièrement (en. Lately)

/dɛʁ.njɛʁ.mɑ̃/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

adverb

Indicates an action or event that happened recently.

I met him recently at the café.

Je l'ai rencontré dernièrement au café.

Used to recall an event or fact that took place in the recent past.

We spoke recently about the changes in the team.

Nous avons parlé dernièrement des changements dans l'équipe.

Used to indicate that something occurred a short time ago.

I read an article recently that interested me a lot.

J'ai lu un article dernièrement qui m'a beaucoup intéressé.

Derived from 'dernier', with the suffix '-ment'.

recently

Used to indicate a time close to the present.

dernièrement

currently in fashion

Refers to what is currently trendy.

dernièrement à la mode

a change that occurred recently

Means a change that took place recently.

un changement survenu dernièrement

last

Which is situated at the end of a series.

dernier

last (feminine)

Feminine form of last.

dernière

recently

It is simply an adverb related to time.

dernièrement

Recently, like this week.

I saw this movie, and it was so good, I saw it recently.

J'ai vu ce film, et c'était trop bien, je l'ai vu dernièrement.

Right now.

I’ve been on vacation recently, it’s cool.

Je suis en vacances dernièrement, c'est cool.