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Nous avons gagné cette belle peluche pendant la soirée.

Nous avons gagné cette belle peluche pendant la soirée.
We won this beautiful stuffed animal during the evening.
From Lesson 424:Time duration nouns (an / année, jour / journée)·French

Questions & Answers about Nous avons gagné cette belle peluche pendant la soirée.

Why do we use soirée here instead of soir?
In French, you generally say le soir to mean 'in the evening' as a basic point in time. When you use the preposition pendant (during), it naturally pairs with the aspectual noun la soirée. Both words emphasize a span of time and the actual events or activities happening within it, like a party or a trip to a fair.
Is peluche the word for a teddy bear, or any stuffed animal?
Une peluche refers to any plush toy or stuffed animal, no matter what creature it represents. It comes from the French word for plush fabric. If you specifically want to say 'teddy bear', you would use the phrase un ours en peluche.
Why does belle come before the noun peluche?
Even though most French adjectives follow the noun, beau (and its feminine form belle) belongs to the BAGS group of adjectives (Beauty, Age, Goodness, Size). These common descriptive adjectives are exceptions that almost always come before the noun they modify.
Could we use durant instead of pendant in this sentence?
Yes, you could say durant la soirée and it would mean exactly the same thing. Durant is simply a slightly more formal synonym for pendant when describing an action that happens during a period of time.

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