autrefois vs encore

 Perfect! Let's explore autrefois and encore — two important French adverbs — with clear meanings, usage, and examples in French, English, and Spanish.

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⏳ 1. Autrefois

• French: autrefois

• English: formerly / in the past / once

• Spanish: antes / anteriormente / en el pasado

✅ Meaning:

Refers to something that used to happen in the past but doesn’t anymore.

🟦 Examples:

• FR: Autrefois, il n’y avait pas d’électricité.

• EN: In the past, there was no electricity.

• ES: Antes, no había electricidad.

• FR: Les gens voyageaient à cheval autrefois.

• EN: People used to travel on horseback long ago.

• ES: Antiguamente, la gente viajaba a caballo.

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🔁 Similar to:

• avant (before)

• jadis (long ago – literary)

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🔁 2. Encore

• French: encore

• English: still / again / yet

• Spanish: todavía / aún / otra vez

🟢 Meanings:

Use	French Example	English	Spanish
Still	Il est encore là.	He is still there.	Todavía está allí.
Again	Fais-le encore !	Do it again!	¡Hazlo otra vez!
Yet (neg)	Il n’a encore rien dit.	He hasn’t said anything yet.	Aún no ha dicho nada.

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Summary:

Word	French Meaning	English	Spanish
autrefois	dans le passé	in the past	antes / antiguamente
encore	toujours / une fois de plus	still / again / yet	todavía / otra vez / aún

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