French · adjective or adverb

à peine

barely (just)

adjectives & adverbs · set 23

Example sentences

Il est à peine huit heures.
It is barely eight o'clock.
Nous avions à peine commencé quand il a plu.
We had barely started when it rained.
Tu verras, il y aura à peine dix personnes.
You'll see, there will be hardly ten people.

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