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Pendant que nous finirons de manger, il vous montrera ses tableaux . Why de manger not manger?

shambhavi k.B1Kwiziq community member

Pendant que nous finirons de manger, il vous montrera ses tableaux . Why de manger not manger?



This question relates to:French lesson "Quand/pendant que + future tense (Le Futur Simple) - not the present tense = When/while I do something in the future (Sequence of Tenses in French) "
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CécileKwiziq Native French TeacherCorrect answer

Hi Shambhavi, 

It is because,

to finish doing something 

is

'finir de faire quelque chose' in French. 

There are lots of verbs in French which are followed by à or de.

Hope this helps!

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Pendant que nous finirons de manger, il vous montrera ses tableaux . Why de manger not manger?



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