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Subject: Re: Tenses and Aspects in English and its relatives
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Date: Mon, 31-Oct-83 16:51:43 EST
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The same is somewhat true in Spanish, but not at all in French.
They usually don't use the future tense, although one exists, in Spanish.
(Well, it is not an unknown tense, nor is it archaic, but most of the
time in spoken Spanish, it's implied as you said it was in German.)
   In French, even more than in English, the future tense is used constantly.
We say, "I will get a loaf of bread when I go to the store."  The
French say, "I will get a loaf of bread when I will go to the store."
(You see? They use the future both times.)
                            Steven

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Steven L. Goldberg

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