Using Le Futur after "quand" and "pendant que" instead of Le Présent

Hi Marnie,

Since has remained unanswered for over a week I'll have a go at explaining the difference.

Although they both nominally mean 'While', 'pendant que' is more of a temporal conjunction indicating that indicates the time frame of an action during which something else happens.

Pendant que j'étais en France j'ai visité la tour Eiffel. - While I was in France I visited the Eiffel Tower.

Tandis que signifies a contrast and can often be translated as whereas.

Paul est un travailleur acharné tandis que son frère est un bon à rien. - Paul is a hardworking man while (whereas) his brother is a wastrel.

Hope this helps,

Tom

Salut Tom!  That makes sense...and resound in my echo-chamber of previously known & spoken French!

Merci!

Hi katie,

I think Aurélie has already answered this question if you scroll down ...

Thank you, Cécile; but I had already written "That"s great. I don't need a reply to my question, since it's the same as Rosemary's. Thanks." on 27 October, when I saw Aurélie's answer.

Thanks. Cécile, but on 27 October I had written "That"s great. I don't need a reply to my question, since it's the same as Rosemary's. Thanks." when I saw Aurélie's answer.

Also, I thought I'd already written this reply to you, Cécile, but it seems to have disappeared...

Thanks. Cécile, but on 27 October I had written "That"s great. I don't need a reply to my question, since it's the same as Rosemary's. Thanks." when I saw Aurélie's answer.

Also, I thought I'd already written this reply to you, Cécile, but it seems to have disappeared...

Oh no! My answer now appears three times! Very sorry.

MDR....

Bonjour Rosemary !

I understand your reasoning, and it makes sense, however, there is a nuance there in both English and French:

- When she wins, she will be happy.   -> both actions are seen as simultaneous here

Quand elle gagnera, elle sera heureuse.

- When she's won, she'll be happy.   -> here the action of winning precedes the happiness

Quand elle aura gagné, elle sera heureuse.

I hope that's helpful!
Bonne journée !

That"s great. I don't need a reply to my question, since it's the same as Rosemary's. Thanks.

Bonsoir Sharon,
according to the Collins-Robert the word vaisselle is used singularly but has a plural sense to it.

dishes (= crockery collectively) = la vaisselle 

There are a few other words in French where this is the case.

Merci beaucoup Ron

Bonjour Gomathi, Here is a link to an explanation of concordance des temps: https://french.kwiziq.com/my-languages/french/glossary/132 Now to your question at hand: this phrase is from the lesson ---> «This rule also applies to the expression pendant que (while) WHEN USED in a future context:» You may be asking the reason I quoted this particularly part of the lesson; well, if we take a look at the two words capitalized in the phrase «WHEN USED», this indicates, to me, that there are other possibilities besides the future tense when «pendant que» can be used, i.e. the present perhaps. I am sure that if this is incorrect, either Aurélie or Laura or another of the Kwiziq team members will also post something with the correction. Bonne chance,

Bonjour Loretta, C'est très gentil, merci ! Je suis ravie que tu trouves mon site utile. Petites corrections, si tu le permets : le meilleur site, pour apprendre Meilleur vs mieux : Meilleur, mieux, pire / plus mauvais, plus mal = better, best, worse and worst (irregular comparatives and superlatives)

Bonjour Vanessa ! Oui, bien sûr ! If you want to test yourself against a specific lesson or set of lessons, you can use our notebook feature. Here's a link to how it works: french.kwiziq.com/faq/notebooks À bientôt !

Bonjour Romulus ! Thank you for letting us know about those bad sound files. We've now updated them. Merci et à bonne écoute !

Bonjour Kenneth ! These are cases where the two actions in the sentence happen simultaneously: When I'm old, I'll have a house. = "Quand je *serai* vieux, j'*aurai* une maison." When one of the action happens before the other one but they are both in the future, you will indeed use the future perfect, or Futur Antérieur: When I've finished my work, I'll have a nap. = "Quand j'*aurai fini* mon travail, je *ferai* une sieste." Have a look at our related lesson: Quand, lorsque, après que, une fois que + Le Futur Antérieur = 'when, after I've done in the future I hope that's helpful! À bientôt !

Superb! My understanding now is that, this rule of using Le Futur in both parts of the sentence, including after quand also applies to after pendant que (while) in cases where the two actions in the sentence happen simultaneously.

Does this rule and scenario happen after apres que, lorsque, and une fois que? Or these must properly be followed ONLY by Le Futur Anterieur?

Bonjour Rans !

Actually here is our two lessons related to après que, une fois que...

https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/how-to-use-apres-que-lindicatif-to-express-after-plus-verb

https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/using-le-futur-anterieur-after-quand-lorsque-apres-que-une-fois-que-to-express-when-after-ive-done-in-sentences-in-future-tense

Bonne journée !