Structure

en premier lieu

FormalC1

What follows

en premier lieu + a full sentence

Function

Structure

Meaning

Opens an announced plan, in a formal text.

Position and punctuation

at the start of the sentence · a comma after

Example

En premier lieu, il convient de distinguer les deux publics visés.

In the first place, the two target audiences should be distinguished.

In the DELF

the C1 synthesis

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Same function