Is this tense more commonly used in French than in English? I hardly ever speak like this in English and I find it to be a strange tense to learn since it doesn't seem likely that we learners will be reminiscing in French. That seems to be it's only use.
Is this a commonly used verb tense?
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DanielleKwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Is this a commonly used verb tense?
This question relates to:French lesson "Conjugate regular -er, -ir, -dre verbs (+ avoir) in the future perfect in French (Le Futur Antérieur)"
Asked 1 year ago
Hi Danielle,
Le Futur Antérieur causes many problems as it is a little-used tense but it does exist in English too.
Here is the Kwiziq lesson on the theory -
Also, you might want to do a couple of fill-in-the-blanks exercises to practice a situation where you might use it -
En attendant Aline (Le Futur Antérieur)
Au retour du travail (Le Futur Antérieur)
Bonne Continuation !
Jim Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Hi Danielle,
Perhaps so - but this is one of the eight indicatifs which form a standard conjugation table. Maybe one could make the same comment about others within that group?
Bonne journée
Jim
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Is this a commonly used verb tense?
Is this tense more commonly used in French than in English? I hardly ever speak like this in English and I find it to be a strange tense to learn since it doesn't seem likely that we learners will be reminiscing in French. That seems to be it's only use.
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