We will eat in an hour's time/after an hour,
" Nous mangerons dans une heure/apres une heure. "
If so, saying this would make the lesson easier to grasp, because dans and en mean practically the same thing when en means in in my head.
So can dans be replaced with apres to mean the same thing here?
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CrystalMaiden 7.Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
So can dans be replaced with apres to mean the same thing here?
This question relates to:French lesson "En vs Dans with time (French Prepositions of Time)"
Asked 6 years ago
Dépêche-toi, on va manger dans 5 minutes. -- Hurry up, we are going to eat in 5 minutes.
This sentence wouldn't really work with après, just as in English you wouldn't really say, "we'll eat after 5 minutes."
You are right that dans and en come close in meaning but they aren't really interchangable.
-- Chris (not a native speaker).
CrystalMaiden 7. asked:
So can dans be replaced with apres to mean the same thing here?
We will eat in an hour's time/after an hour,
" Nous mangerons dans une heure/apres une heure. "
If so, saying this would make the lesson easier to grasp, because dans and en mean practically the same thing when en means in in my head.
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