voici

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/vwa.si/

adverb

here is / here are; this is (used to present or show someone or something)

Voici les clés de l'appartement.

Here are the keys to the apartment.

Synonyms:voilà, tiens

adverb

(in constructions like 'voici + duration + que') it's been / for (indicating a duration up to the present)

Voici trois jours que je suis à Paris.

I've been in Paris for three days.

Synonyms:ça fait, depuis

Notes

GENERAL INFO

Voici means "here is" or "here are." It is an invariable particle used to present something or someone physically close to the speaker or about to be introduced.

USAGE

You use voici to point out or introduce people or objects: "Voici ma sœur." (Here is my sister.) "Voici les documents." (Here are the documents.) It can also start a list: "Voici les ingrédients nécessaires..." (Here are the necessary ingredients...).

TRAPS

Often confused with "voilà." Voici implies proximity to the speaker or a current presentation, while "voilà" suggests something further away, already established, or the conclusion of something.