A1.2 · Health conversations · model audio
How to pronounce “Depuis quand ?” in French
Since when? Hear the complete line, then keep its meaning and situation in mind as you repeat.
Meaning and use
What this French phrase means
Depuis quand ?
English: Since when?
Speaker in this scene: Doctor
Mission: Fever and cough · Health basics
Ask when something began
How to say “since when?” in French
Depuis quand ? asks when an ongoing action or situation began. In the original conversation, the doctor asks when the symptoms started.
Answer the question before hearing the reply
Play the original question above, then answer in French. Your intention: tell the doctor the symptoms began yesterday, and that you have a cough too.
Give yourself about eight seconds at your own pace. Keep the model closed until you have said your answer; take longer if you need it.
Open the reply model
Depuis hier. Je tousse aussi.
Since yesterday. I have a cough too.
The whole clip contains both sentences from Health basics, mission 2: Fever and cough. Compare your starting point and the extra symptom, then close the model and answer again.
Try a different starting time
Replay the same question. This time, give a short reply saying the symptoms started this morning. Allow about eight seconds before opening the reference.
Open the alternative time reference
Depuis ce matin.
Since this morning.
This is a separate whole reference from Healthcare, mission 1: Locate and date pain (A2.2). It models the short time reply from that mission's role-play.
Say the full symptom statement
For Health basics, mission 2: Fever and cough (A1.2), your role is the patient. Tell the doctor you have had a fever since yesterday and also have a cough.
Say both sentences before opening the response frames. Give yourself about eight seconds, or longer if you need it.
Open the role-play response models
J'ai de la fièvre depuis hier.
I have had a fever since yesterday.
Je tousse.
I have a cough.
These are the two separate, complete response-frame recordings from the same Health basics role-play.
Change the time in your own full reply
Tell the doctor you have had a fever since this morning and also have a cough. Keep the written answer closed while you speak. Allow about eight seconds at your own pace.
Show the written time-change answer
J'ai de la fièvre depuis ce matin. Je tousse.
I have had a fever since this morning. I have a cough.
This full variation is written and unrecorded. The short morning reference above covers only the time reply.
Close each answer before trying again. Native Pause keeps your place; closing an audio model stops it and returns it to the start.
Continue with Health basics, mission 2: Fever and cough role-play
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The clips are model audio. This page does not record or assess your voice.Related mission sound · /f/
Practise the mission cue, then return to the complete line.
Bring your lower lip lightly toward your upper front teeth. Keep air flowing without vibrating your vocal cords.
The cue belongs to the wider speaking mission and is not presented as a complete IPA transcription of this sentence.
Model word or phrase
fièvre
feverRepeat: fièvre, froid, fatigue.
Fever and cough · A1.2
Hear the phrase inside a complete French conversation
Keep the transcript closed while answering the practice prompts above. Open it afterwards to read all four original lines for meaning.
Open the original conversation transcript
- PatientJ'ai de la fièvre.I have a fever.1
- DoctorDepuis quand ?Since when?2
- PatientDepuis hier. Je tousse aussi.Since yesterday. I have a cough too.3
- DoctorBuvez beaucoup d'eau.Drink a lot of water.4
A four-pass routine
Listen, shape, say, then use.
- Play the checked model once without speaking.
- Read the English meaning and choose the intention you want to express.
- Apply the /f/ cue to its model example, then replay the complete target line.
- Read the full exchange aloud, then change one detail and answer again.
Safety boundary
Language practice, not medical advice.
This page explains and models French language from a learning curriculum. It does not diagnose symptoms, recommend treatment, provide emergency instructions, or replace a clinician or local emergency service.
Same speaking mission
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