present-future

Peggie H.A2Kwiziq community member

present-future

et quand  elle souffle....could the future tense me used future-present tense. When suggests it sometime in the futur

Asked 4 years ago
CécileNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Hi Peggy, 

This is an A1 exercise and is the case of a simple story told in the present tense.

It could be told in the future or near future but would be a higher level exercise.

But thank you for your contribution!

Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

The whole story is in French present tense. Nothing in the transcript requires future tense and the story demonstrates how present tense is used in French, and that it is different to English. This situation is the typical way in French to speak about such a day.  French has only 1 present tense which is used more broadly than the simple present in English.  https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/present-tense/

present-future

et quand  elle souffle....could the future tense me used future-present tense. When suggests it sometime in the futur

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