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Everything about the French sentence "Il y a longtemps"

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French to English

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  Translation : A long time ago

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  Register : Neutral - Basic

How to pronounce

Slow

Normal

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  IPA : / il j‿ a lɔ̃tɑ̃ /

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Example in a dialogue

Dialogue

Notre univers s'est formé il y a longtemps

Our universe was created a long time ago

Et jusqu'à quand existera-t-il ?

And how long will it exist?

Pour toujours

Forever