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[ivory fox]

Please be patient

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[crimson jay]

Prochain and dernier always take the current state of things as reference, whereas precedent and suivant can also be used for references outside the present

Je l'ai vu il y a 5 jours. Le jour suivant, il était déjà parti.
Je l’ai vu il y a 5 jours. Le prochain jour , il était déjà parti.

L’examen sera dans 3 semaines. Pensez à réviser durant la semaine précédente.
L’examen sera dans 3 semaines. Pensez à réviser durant la semaine dernière.

[idle remnant]

So in the first example, you're taking the point of view of five days ago, wherease in the second example, you're taking the point of view of three weeks away from the present

And therefore you use précédent/suivant instead of dernier/prochain ?

[crimson jay]

Yeah, dernier/prochain always imply "from now", I'd say

[idle remnant]

Cool, merci beaucoup 🫰

[celest mulch]

Similarly, hier/demain for the present but la veille/le lendemain for other times.

[crimson jay]

Yeah good comparison

[wary star]

Prochain = next
Suivant = following