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[vague finch]

the same as the difference between "I'm going to go hiking" and "I'm going to hike"

[thin grotto]

ohh ok

so futur proche vs present tense

[thin grotto]

also what's the difference between planifier and prevoir

can i say "j'ai planifié d'aller à le supermarché"

to mean i planned to go to the supermarket

[celest bolt]

Nah

Je vais aller faire = I'm going to go/i will go hiking

[celest bolt]

Nah

Prévoir is transitive
Planifier isn't

And planifier is quite strong
It's like you drew the whole plans in detail

[celest bolt]

Wait no, you can say planifier un voyage

But then you prévoir des affaires pour le voyage (i.e. not forget to bring xyz stuff)

Also *au supermarché

[thin grotto]

isn't that two different tenses though

futur proche vs futur simple

[thin grotto]

so planifier can't be used before another verb

and it literally means to plan something, while prevoir means to intend to do something

right?

[celest bolt]

Yeah

[celest bolt]

No they're both futur composé

(idrk the name of the tenses or how they're used for the future)

[vague finch]

(futur proche)

[thin grotto]

erm

do natives really differentiate between the futur proche and futur simple when speaking?

by the way, when "peut-etre" is followed by a subject, i need to put "que" or is it optional?

like in "peut etre que je suis malade"

[void cave]

If you don’t use « que » you have to invert

Peut-être suis-je malade
Peut-être que je suis malade

I only know two other words that do this

Sans doute:
Sans doute a-t-il tort
Sans doute qu’il a tort

À peine:
À peine avons-nous essayé de notre mieux
(I don’t think « à peine que nous » works)

[void cave]

No

But it’s not interchangeable

In a temporal sequence statement IIRC they’re not interchangeable

[thin grotto]

can you give me an example?

[thin grotto]

by the way, can compter work here as well?

"j'ai compté aller au supermarché"

[void cave]

Il quittera le bureau une fois qu’il aura terminé ses tâches

To my knowledge, you can’t switch il quittera with il va quitter

[celest bolt]

Je comptais

[celest bolt]

Ig if you do it means he's about to but he needs to finish his tasks first

[thin grotto]

why not j'ai compté ?

[celest bolt]

Uhhhhh

J'ai prévu d'aller au supermarché = i put it in my schedule
Je comptais aller au supermarché = i was planning to go

J'ai compté just doesn't sound right