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In German there is one tense that is more or less equivalent called Futur II or Futur exakt (also called Vorzukunft which literally translates to Prefuture). It
by atoav 3y ago
In German there is one tense that is more or less equivalent called Futur II or Futur exakt (also called Vorzukunft which literally translates to Prefuture). It is used to describe events which will be past in the future.
- _s_a_m_ 3y agoThis is Future Perfect in English, hence the name Prophetic Perfect Tense, I guess. It is also not that similar, since PPT is speaking about events in the future in past tense as if they have already happened and Future Perfect/Futur II uses "will": "I will have finished my homework by tomorrow."
- atoav 3y agoThat's a good point, there is no will there, didn't even think about it.
- denton-scratch 3y agoI assumed from the title that it was the same as FP. But you seemto contradict yourself; you say that PPT is FP, and then say that "it is not that similar"; they can't be the same thing, and yet dissimilar.
- Sharlin 3y agoThe GP is ambiguous but I presume that they meant the Futur II in German is the same as future perfect tense in English, and neither is the same as the prophetic perfect tense.
- denton-scratch 3y agoOIC, maybe that makes sense. But I can't really tell, because the WP article didn't enlighten me.
- FFP999 3y ago[dead]