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J. T.C1KwizIQ community member

Le futur proche vs le présent Ron gave some good guidance on j’arrive, but is there general guidance on when to use le présent and when to use le futur proche? For example, it seems to me that « Je vais partir d’ici deux heures » would be just fine, but based on the lesson maybe that’s not the case?

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Peter C.C1KwizIQ community member

Why is it wrong to write it without the 's' ..? i.e. vous étiez couché (not couchéS)I answered the question as if we're talking to 1 person in a formal way

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Walter B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

This is a comment, not a question: To me, the construction "go and ... " sounds like the person speaking is poorly educated.

The "and" is superfluous to the meaning. In my experience, I have only heard it from people (some of them my relatives, malheureusement!) who have not graduated from high school, or who are deliberately trying to sound uneducated. Moreover, they usually slur the "and" so that it sounds like "... go 'n' visit ... "We'll go visit the Eiffel Tower when we're in Paris" sounds just fine to my ear, much better without the "and".

Walter B.

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Barbara A.C1KwizIQ community member

how on earth do you put that into english

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Tanusree P.A0KwizIQ community member

How can we differentiate between feminine words and masculine words?

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Tanusree P.A0KwizIQ community member