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Lesson Transcript

Do you know how to use à partir de and jusqu'à in French?
Welcome to Three Step French Practice by FrenchPod101.com. In this lesson, you will practice time-related expressions.
Let's look at the main dialogue.
Three people are having a conversation.
L'enregistrement à l'hôtel est à partir de 15h.
"Check-in at the hotel is from 3:00 PM."
Nous avons encore 30 minutes. Voilà le lobby. Est-ce que tu veux un café ?
"We still have 30 minutes. Here is the lobby. Do you want a coffee?"
à partir de
Oui, s'il te plaît. Quel genre de piscine est-ce qu'il y a ici ?
"Yes, please. What kind of pool is there here?"
C'est une piscine intérieure. Elle est ouverte jusqu'à 22h.
"It's an indoor pool. It is open until 10:00 PM."
jusqu'à
À partir de is a set phrase that means "starting from." It’s used to talk about when something begins.
When the preposition de, meaning "from" or "of," is followed by a definite article like le—the masculine singular—or les—the plural—they combine into contractions to make speech smoother.
So, de plus le becomes du, and de plus les becomes des.
These contractions are required and help the sentence flow more naturally.
You can find à partir de in the pattern we learned: [noun or noun phrase] est à partir de [time], meaning "[noun or noun phrase] is from [time]."
Jusqu'à means "until" and is used with time or days.
It comes from jusque, meaning "up to" and à, meaning "to" or "at."
When the preposition à, meaning "to," "at," or "until," is followed by a definite article like le—the masculine singular—or les—the plural—they contract to make speech smoother and more natural as well. These contractions are mandatory in French:
à plus le becomes au, and à plus les becomes aux.
You can often see it in the pattern: [noun or noun phrase] est ouvert/e jusqu'à [time], which means "[noun or noun phrase] is open until [time]."
Let's practice using à partir de and jusqu'à in this lesson!

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