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| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4844 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes  Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 9 of 12 23 January 2014 at 11:39pm | IP Logged |
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I'm not sure I understand your question. Are you asking about the difference between present and past tense?
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| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4707 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 10 of 12 24 January 2014 at 12:02am | IP Logged |
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No, he's asking whether the aforementioned constructions require a present tense or can
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| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4844 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 11 of 12 24 January 2014 at 12:49pm | IP Logged |
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Okay, thanks!
Of course they can be used in the past tense as well. I still don't understand the question "What sort of context seperates the present from the past tense?" though. If you're talking about the present you use Präsens, if you're talking about the past you use Präteritum or Perfekt. I really don't know how to answer this question differently. Edited by Josquin on 24 January 2014 at 1:40pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Retinend Triglot Senior Member SpainRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4308 days ago 283 posts - 557 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish Studies: Arabic (Written), French | Message 12 of 12 24 January 2014 at 3:00pm | IP Logged |
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Sorry for the dumb question. I've been told that sometimes the it's the case that,
depending on the verb, Präteritum is either not used or sounds odd, except when in restricted contexts. Thanks again for your help. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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