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Question

One of the possible answers for the end of the last sentence was I believe "...dès que je peux" for the translation of "as soon as I can".  I chose pourrais instead of peux because I thought the sentenced implied an action in the future.  I was a bit surprised to see a present tense used here.  Can you explain why present is preferable to future?

Accepted Answer

Hi Frank,
"I'll go (there) again as soon as I can!"  --> I'll go again as soon as I am able to  -- I don't see why a future tense would be required here. You are not expressing "as soon as I will be able to" you are simply expressing as soon as you can (are able to).
This is how I see it  --  hope it helps.
Jim

Answer

Dès que je peux -- As soon as I can.There is no indication for the conditional in "as soon as I can". Just keep it simple.