/deʒa/

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Translation

already, yet

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Word origin

From the Old French phrase des ja, from des ('since', from Latin de ipso) and ja ('now, already', from Latin iam).

Origin
Latin
Root
iam

Examples

- , .

It's already six o'clock, time passes so fast.

, .

It is already over, we are going home.

Bretagne ?

Have you already visited Brittany before this year?

.

She had already finished her report when the meeting began.

, .

I have already eaten, thanks for the invitation.

est un adverbe de temps qui marque l'antériorité ou exprime la surprise face à la rapidité. Il se place généralement après le verbe conjugué ou après l'auxiliaire dans les temps composés : j'ai déjà mangé (I've already eaten). Dans les questions, il peut signifier yet : as-tu déjà fini ?

Déjà-vu (already seen) est entré dans la langue mondiale pour désigner le phénomène psychologique de la réminiscence. C'est du déjà-vu (it's nothing new, we've seen this before) s'utilise pour critiquer le manque d'originalité. À l'oral familier, déjà en fin de question sert à demander une information qu'on a oubliée : c'est quoi déjà ton prénom ?

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This word is taught in chapter 4, lesson 6: déjà, leur, ok and 7 more words.