Usage examples of "longtemps" in French with translation to English

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Puisse-t-il vivre longtemps ! May he live long!
Ted l'attendait depuis longtemps. Ted waited for her for a long time.
C'est il y a trop longtemps. It is too long ago.
Je ne peux pas rester longtemps. I can't stay for long.
Est-il resté très longtemps ? Did he stay very long?
Le connaissez-vous depuis longtemps ? Have you known him for a long time?
J'ai visité Kyoto il y a longtemps. I visited Kyoto long ago.
Il faisait si chaud que nous pûmes marcher longtemps. It was so hot that we couldn't walk for long.
Vous ai-je fait attendre longtemps ? Have I kept you waiting long?
Je vis ici depuis longtemps. I have been living here for a long time.
Il y a longtemps, les gens voyageaient à pied. Long ago, people used to travel on foot.
Si vous voulez conserver de la viande longtemps, congelez-la. If you want to keep meat for long, freeze it.
Notre association ne dura pas longtemps. My association with him did not last long.
Il a été longtemps malade. He has been sick for a long time.
J'ai visité le Canada il y a longtemps. I visited Canada long ago.
Les employés aux doigts collants ne vont pas garder leurs emplois très longtemps. Clerks with sticky fingers won't keep their jobs for long.
Ne restons pas ici trop longtemps. Let's not stay here long.
J'habite ici depuis longtemps. I have lived here for a long time.
Vous auriez dû le terminer il y a longtemps. You should have completed it long ago.
Mon ami a eu trois emplois en un an ; il ne s'accroche jamais à quoi que ce soit très longtemps. My friend has had three jobs in a year; he never sticks to anything for long.
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