Why are present tense and perfect tense used in the same sentence?
Created by: Hannah21
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Posted 2016-01-15 09:11:22 UTC
German
„Nun, dann hör zu: Wenn deine Leute zum Mähen aufs Feld gehen und die Frau ihren Säugling neben eine Getreidehocke gelegt hat...'' Why is present tense used for ''go mowing" but perfect tense for "put down", especially when both are referring to the future? Thanks.
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Native language: German
2016-01-15 09:59:52 UTC
In this particular example, there seems to be a contrast between (1) an ongoing future action (wenn deine Leute ... gehen) and (2) a completed future action (wenn die Frau ... gelegt hat).