"That time"

Translation: Cette époque

[juandenil]

' ..ce temps-la ' ?

[Poetically.Ro]

Can someone explain why ça temps doesn't work?

[Sitesurf]

"ça" is the familiar, short version of pronoun cela.

"this" or "that" in front of a noun are adjectives, therefore you have to use an adjective in front of "époque"

demonstrative adjectives are: ce (masc sing), cet (masc sing in front of a word starting with a vowel or non-aspirated H), cette (fem sing), ces (masculine or feminine, plural):

ce chien

cet ami, cet homme

cette pomme, cette époque

ces enfants, ces femmes, ces hommes

[2m42m]

Why is cette période not acceptable?

[MarioEmme84]

that time= l'epoque, why?? should be "the time" or "cette époque" no??

[Sitesurf]

yes, at least: "cette époque".

• at that time: à cette époque-là or en ce temps-là

[Thiagaraj_M]

Why not "Cette periode " ?

[hdk1026]

My question also!

[Sitesurf]

When there is no context, it is better to translate to the prime meanings of the words you are shown.

If Duo were looking for "période", they would have used "period", I think.

• Cette période = this/that period.

With context, "time" can translate to a variety of phrases:

• At that time, we were happy = en ce temps-là / à cette époque, nous étions heureux
• This time, you can jump = cette fois-ci, tu peux sauter

[la_126]

I wrote 'ce temps' and it was accepted.

[chetan.crasta]

Cette fois là

[Cheyne]

There are so many possible answers for this