No. 57 in French
alors
"Alors" means "so," "then," or "at that time" in English.
In a sentence
Alors, que voulez-vous faire ?
So, what do you want to do?
Here, 'alors' is used as a discourse organizer or filler word to attract attention or introduce a statement, equivalent to 'so' in English.
Je n'avais rien prévu, alors je vais rester chez moi.
I hadn't made any plans, so I will stay home.
'Alors' here denotes a consequence or result, indicating causality between the two clauses, similar to 'so' in English.
C'était une belle journée, alors nous sommes allés au parc.
It was a beautiful day, so we went to the park.
In this sentence, 'alors' expresses a logical result or sequential event as a natural follow-up of the previous statement, acting typically like 'so' or 'thus' in English.
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