ago

Signification (Anglais)

Postp

Before now, before the present time

Adj

1. (archaic, dialectal, not-comparable) Gone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away.
2. (archaic, dialectal, not-comparable) Nearly gone; dead. (used in Devonshire at the turn of the 19th century)

Concepts

il y a

avant

devant

auparavant

précédent

voici

avant de

avant que

ci-dessus

plus tôt

anciennement

précedent

antérieur

autrefois

demi

Synonymes

before

previously

formerly

since

past

afore

agone

gone

ahead

awhile

previous to

since olden times

in the past

at times

occasionally

ever

sometime

earlier than

previous

sometimes

since then

so

still

syne

then

to

yet

long time ago

and so

and then

before now

past ages

back

🔙

tofore

above

aforetime

ahead of

already

earlier

erst

erstwhile

even

even now

for

former

for some time

forward

hence

in the first place

now

Traductions

vor

hace

πριν

fa

abhinc

geleden

vorher

há

önce

addietro

faz

evvel

fa

atrás

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/əˈɡoʊ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à allemand: ergehen

Appartenant à Old Saxon: āgangan

Appartenant à gotique: 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽

In summary

From Middle English ago, agon (“passed”), past participle of agon (“to depart, escape, pass”), from Old English āgān (“to go away, pass away, go forth, come to pass”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”), *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to a- + gone, and by surface analysis, a- + go. Cognate with German ergehen (“to come to pass, fare, go forth”). Compare also Old Saxon āgangan (“to go or pass by”), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (usgaggan, “to go forth”).

Phrases

What were you when you came here five years ago ?

Qu'étais-tu quand tu es venu ici il y a cinq ans?

I would give a good review of the new TV I bought a week ago .

Je donnerais une bonne critique du nouveau téléviseur que j'ai acheté il y a une semaine.

They say at Patti's house he left two hours ago .

Ils disent que chez Patti, il est parti il ​​y a deux heures.

Two years ago , right here on this spot , I had a recurrent dream , too .

Il y a deux ans, ici à cet endroit, j'ai également fait un rêve récurrent.

Ten years ago , it would have subjected the Tory Peers of England .

Il y a dix ans, il aurait soumis les pairs conservateurs d'Angleterre.