Feb 20, 2002 03:05
22 yrs ago
English term

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mon frère déménage

"Déménage" is in the present tense. Your verb (is going to move out) is not exactly in the future tense: the future for "to move" is "will move", not "is going...".

Most people say "mon frère déménage dans trois mois" instead of "mon frère déménagera dans trois mois" because the future tense implies that the action (moving) depends on (is contingent on, to use a fancy phrase) another event (like beginning of university), or the person speaking is making a prediction or a promise.

For example: "mon frère déménagera dans trois mois lorsqu'il aura fini ses études" (my brother will move out of the house when he finishes school) or "je déménagerai demain" (I will move tomorrow).

If your sentence were "my brother will move next year", then it would be "mon frère déménagera l'année prochaine".

Ref: Native fluency in both languages.
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agree Fernando Muela Sopeña
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agree & Associates (X)
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agree Pierre POUSSIN
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agree Electra : exactement!
2 hrs
neutral Geneviève von Levetzow : aller + infinitif est le futur proche, pas le futur.
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agree ohlala (X) : mon frère va déménager...ou est sur le point de déménager !
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Mon frere....

"Mon frere va déménager d'ici"
Word to word "Mon frere va déménager de la maison" but the first translation is "lighter".

Pleqse note that the first "e" of "frere" bear an "accent grave".
Reference:

french native

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agree SML : exactement
3 hrs
merci
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-1
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Mon frère entend déménager de la maison

none needed
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disagree Lilla (X) : strange and not common to me
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+5
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Mon frère va quitter la maison

Another possibility. Native Frenchman.
Peer comment(s):

agree Carolin Dierksmeier
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agree JVidal (X) : la plus "naturelle" des traductions à mon humble avis
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agree Geneviève von Levetzow : D'accord avec JVidal
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agree Lilla (X)
9 hrs
agree Dominique Marcelle : D'accord avec JVidal
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5 hrs

Mon frère vise à quitter la maison familiale

Au plaisir
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12 hrs

Mon frère va partir de la maison

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