Questions & Answers about Je finis avant midi.
How would I ask the question that this sentence answers?
You can use the question words from this lesson! To ask 'When do you finish?' you could say Quand est-ce que tu finis ? If you want to be more specific and ask 'At what time do you finish?', you would use À quelle heure finis-tu ?
Why does finis end in an 's' here?
Does midi mean exactly 'noon' or just the general middle of the day?
Midi specifically means noon, or exactly 12:00 PM. If you want to talk about midnight, you use the word minuit. If you want to say 'afternoon', you use a combination of words: après-midi.
I learned another word for 'before' earlier. Why use avant here instead of devant?
Both words can translate to 'before' in English, but they are used for different things! You use avant when talking about time, like avant midi (before noon). You use devant when talking about physical space, like standing 'before' or 'in front of' a building.
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