Il t'attendra. - French example sentence

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FeuDRenais May 24, 2010 May 24, 2010 at 6:26:43 PM UTC

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"He will be waiting", or "he will wait"? (Or both?)

I feel like the French just means that you shouldn't worry, he'll wait. It doesn't necessary state that he will be in the process of waiting... I may be wrong, though.

TRANG May 24, 2010 May 24, 2010 at 10:09:32 PM UTC

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"Il t'attendra" can express both (He will be waiting + He will wait).

If you wanted to be literal, you could say "Il sera en train de t'attendre". But it sounds more natural to simply say "Il t'attendra" in my opinion.

FeuDRenais May 24, 2010 May 24, 2010 at 10:24:09 PM UTC

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Right, I was going to say "sera en train de...", but it doesn't sound very natural.