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Pendent plus a length of time or a period says how long, or when, an action fills.

How It Works

Pendent + Example
a length of timeAvèm legit pendent doas oras.
a season or a periodPendent l'estiu, anam a la mar.
the whole of a periodJoan dormís pendent tota la nuèch.

It works with the present and the compound past. In the compound past it counts a finished stretch of time: Marta a cantat pendent tres minutas.

Before a clause with its own verb, add que: Pendent que manjam, parlam. Plain pendent never stands before a conjugated verb.

Pendent looks at the whole stretch of time. For the starting point, use dempuèi. For a point in the future, use dins.

Examples (5)

  1. Joan dormís pendent tota la nuèch.

    Joan sleeps all through the night.

    Pendent tota la nuèch covers the whole night.

  2. Pendent l'estiu, anam a la mar.

    During the summer, we go to the sea.

    Pendent l'estiu names a period.

  3. Avèm legit pendent doas oras.

    We read for two hours.

    Doas oras is a length of time, and the verb is in the compound past.

  4. Marta a cantat pendent tres minutas.

    Marta sang for three minutes.

    Pendent counts how long the singing lasted.

  5. Ai dormit pendent una ora.

    I slept for an hour.

    Una ora is the length of time.

Common Mistakes

  • Using pendent before a conjugated verb without que.

    Pendent manjam, parlam.
    Pendent que manjam, parlam.

    Before a clause with a verb, Occitan needs pendent que.

  • Using the French pendant.

    Pendant l'estiu, anam a la mar.
    Pendent l'estiu, anam a la mar.

    Pendant is French. Occitan writes pendent.

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Pendent places an action in a period, so dempuèi and the parts of the day come first.

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