Do we really need a special “future tense” to express that idea? Lots of languages, it turns out, manage OK without one. Podcast production by Mike Vuolo. Tweet Share Share. Language; ...

GCSE French Future and conditional verbs learning resources for adults, children, parents and teachers. ... The simple future tense in French is used to express eg ‘I will + verb’ in English.

If you've ever felt that English could use a couple more tenses to truly capture the nuances of the past, present, and future, this exploration of languages that have taken verb tenses to ...

Talking about the future as if it were today might make the future feel closer. Humans have a known tendency to “discount” the future – we’d rather have $100 today than in a year’s time.