#Canadien 🐟

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scarlet bobcatBOT
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waxen portal
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First, you're gonna have to say "au magasin"

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"Je vais au magasin pendant 3 heures"
"Je vais au magasin pour 3 heures"
If I had to chose between these two, I think I would probably use the first one, because the second sounds more like you plan on arriving at the shop at 3 PM.

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However, using the present tense here, the first one may also mean that you will take 3 hours to reach the shop, because pendant can also mean "during", so without context, a person may think it's the action "je vais" that lasts 3 hours. If you use the future tense, you lift this ambiguity: "je serai au magasin pendant 3 heures" = "I will be in the shop for 3 hours"

acoustic flare
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or you could just change the order of the sentence, like "À 3 heures, je vais être au magasin"

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i think this should work aswell

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so you dont need to chose of any and use simple language

ornate sluice
acoustic flare
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oh he wanted to express that he will need 3h until he arrives at the store? i just thought he wanted to say he will arrive in 3h

ornate sluice
acoustic flare
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hmm but how else would you say it then, im confused i literally thought à is for clock

ornate sluice
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« Je vais au magasin pendant 3 heures »
–> It will take 3 hours for him to go to the store

« Je vais au magasin pour 3 heures »
–> He will be at the store for three hours

« Je vais au magasin à 3 heures »
–> He's going to the store at 3 o'clock in the morning

acoustic flare
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so it has like a different meaning when using à but the setence per se is correct?

ornate sluice
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yeah

acoustic flare
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ahhh okay tysm

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i thought you meant the sentence is wrong also 😭 i was so confused

ornate sluice
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that's why I said that if I heard that I would think that you'd be going to the store at 3 o'clock in the morning

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because that's what it absolutely sounds like to me

acoustic flare
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what about if i say "J'ai besoin de 3 heures pour aller au magasin" ou "Il me faut 3 heures pour aller au magasin"

ornate sluice
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That works and has the same meaning of the first one (he will take 3 hours to go to the store)

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I actually wanted to suggest your second sentence, « il me faut 3 heures pour aller au magasin », if I had to reformulate it

acoustic flare
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okay thank you