Look at these sentences:
Avant que nous ne commencions, je voudrais vous remercier.Before we start, I would like to thank you.
To express before + verb (= before you do this) in French is a bit more complicated:
Note that in speech, the ne explétif can be dropped.
Il viendra te voir avant que tu ne partes.
See also What is the ne explétif and when to use it in French
and Après que + indicative (L'Indicatif) = After + conjugated verb in French
as well as other similar expressions using subordinating conjunctions:
À moins que + ne explétif + subjunctive (Le Subjonctif) = Unless you do in French
De peur que + ne explétif + subjunctive (Le Subjonctif) = for fear that in French
Sans que (+ ne explétif) + subjunctive (Le Subjonctif) = Without doing in French
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Examples and resources
Avant que vous ne m'interrompiez, laissez-moi vous dire quelque chose. Before you interrupt me, let me tell you something.
Avant que nous ne commencions, je voudrais vous remercier.Before we start, I would like to thank you.
