tout à l'heure
/tu.t‿a lœʁ/
adverb
A2
le (masc.) la (fem.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Meaning
Similar words
"tout à l'heure" can mean "a short while ago," or also "in a moment," in the future; "il y a peu" means "a short while ago," in the past — worth knowing the dual meaning.
Practice
1 What does tout à l'heure mean?
a while ago, in a moment
2 Fill the gap: Je l'ai vu tout à l'___ dans le couloir.
Full sentence: Je l'ai vu tout à l'heure dans le couloir. (I saw him a while ago in the hallway.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches tout à l'heure?
tout à l'heure: neutral register, core frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.
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