Pendant que nous finirons de manger, il vous montrera ses tableaux . Why de manger not manger?
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Pendant que nous finirons de manger, il vous montrera ses tableaux . Why de manger not manger?
This question relates to:French lesson "Quand/pendant que + future tense (Le Futur Simple) - not the present tense = When/while I do something in the future (Sequence of Tenses in French)
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Asked 4 years ago
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Hi Shambhavi,
It is because,
to finish doing something
is
'finir de faire quelque chose' in French.
There are lots of verbs in French which are followed by à or de.
Hope this helps!
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