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iron glenBOT Jan 30, 2024, 6:29 AM

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signal kayak Jan 30, 2024, 6:36 AM

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also can "malle" mean "departure"

west pecan Jan 30, 2024, 6:43 AM

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Present + past infinitive functioning kind of like futur antérieur

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"we could be out of the country tomorrow morning" more or less

torn nest Jan 30, 2024, 6:44 AM

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past infinitive

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The difference is
demain, nous pouvons quitter le pays => we could leave tomorrow (time at which the action happens)
demain, nous pouvons avoir quitté le pays => we could be gone by tomorrow (time at which the action will have already happened)

signal kayak Jan 30, 2024, 6:47 AM

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im famalier with the past infinitive altho i didnt kno its name but this one sentence confuses me

west pecan Jan 30, 2024, 6:48 AM

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La malle here seems like it's a mail boat

signal kayak Jan 30, 2024, 6:49 AM

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hes running off to a ship before it leaves in time

west pecan Jan 30, 2024, 6:49 AM

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Ye

torn nest Jan 30, 2024, 6:49 AM

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il se fait la malle missydoge

west pecan Jan 30, 2024, 6:49 AM

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Lol

signal kayak Jan 30, 2024, 6:50 AM

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whats a mail boat

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is it a boat that delivers mail?

west pecan Jan 30, 2024, 6:50 AM

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Yeah

signal kayak Jan 30, 2024, 6:50 AM

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ahh

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its the name

west pecan Jan 30, 2024, 6:50 AM

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Actually it doesn't say mail specifically

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I'm mixing shit up

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But a boat, anyways, lol

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In quebec la malle can be mail/a post office/etc

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So i mixed the two

signal kayak Jan 30, 2024, 6:54 AM

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torn nest The difference is demain, nous pouvons quitter le pays => we could leave tomorro...

i read this explanation again

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and i think i understand better now

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thank you

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could i say something liike "je serai avoir fini avant qu'il soit huit heures"

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like albatross said for futur anérieur

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like "j'aurai fini"

west pecan Jan 30, 2024, 7:06 AM

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"I will be have done" no

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The original example is roughly, literally:
"We can have left the country"

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"on pourra avoir quitté le pays" sure

torn nest Jan 30, 2024, 7:09 AM

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signal kayak like albatross said for futur anérieur

it's very similar to futur antérieur, passé composé, and other compound tenses. You're using an auxiliary (in the infinitive form) as well as a past participle to indicate an action that happened prior

west pecan Jan 30, 2024, 7:09 AM

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The present here functions like future, while the past infinitive indicates a prior action

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The issue in "je serai avoir fini" is that "être" makes no sense here

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