The lesson says you never use dans for months or years. So if a delivery will be made in one month you don’t say la livraison sera effectuée *dans* un mois?
In a month or year
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Rose Marie H.Kwiziq community member
In a month or year
This question relates to:French lesson "En vs Dans with time (French Prepositions of Time)"
Asked 5 months ago
Bonjour Rose Marie,
The lesson is trying to explain that "dans" cannot be used with specific months or years:
La livraison sera effectuée dans en mai/2024.
Also, you can say "dans un mois" ("dans un an" (= in a year's time) sounds quite unlikely for a delivery):
La livraison sera effectuée dans un mois. = The delivery will be made in a month.
I hope this is helpful.
Bonne journée !
Jim J. Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Bonjour Rose Marie,
"you don’t say la livraison sera effectuée *dans* un mois?"
No! as per the lesson -- but you could express this with "La livraison sera effectuée d'ici un mois"
Hope this helps.
Bonne continuation
Jim
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