en vs dans -- and NO this wasn't answers
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en vs dans -- and NO this wasn't answers
Demain, nous aurons peu de temps pour déjeuner. Nous mangerons ________ trente minutes seulement. Tomorrow, we'll have little time to have lunch. We'll eat in only thirty minutes. This is the FUTURE so why not "dans"
This question relates to:French lesson "En vs Dans with time (French Prepositions of Time)"
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Demain nous mangerons en trente minutes. -- Tomorrow we'll eat within 30 minutes (meaning the eating takes at most 30 minutes).
Il est 5 heures. Nous mangerons dans 30 minutes. -- It's 5 o'clock we'll eat in 30 minutes (meaning at 5:30).
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