Puisqu'ils (en. Since they)

/pɥi.z.kil/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

conjunction

Introduces a justification or an explanation.

Since they arrived late, they were unable to attend the meeting.

Puisqu'ils sont arrivés en retard, ils n'ont pas pu assister à la réunion.

Means 'given that'.

Since they are sorry, we should forgive them.

Puisqu'ils sont désolés, nous devrions leur pardonner.

Formed by the contraction of 'since' and 'they'.

since they say so

This means that if it's their statement, it must be accepted.

puisqu'ils le disent

since they are here

This suggests that it makes sense to do something now that they are present.

puisqu'ils sont là

since

Conjunction meaning 'given that' or 'as'.

puisque

they

Personal pronoun in the third person plural.

ils

Used to strengthen an argument.

I'm not going to do it, since they said so.

Je ne vais pas le faire, puisqu'ils l'ont dit.

Used to show an obvious truth.

Since they are never here, I'm stopping waiting for them.

Puisqu'ils ne sont jamais là, j'arrête de les attendre.