Word
Ils vont aménager la zone dans un mois, et nous sommes contents qu'ils finissent ce projet.
Meaning
They are going to develop the zone in a month, and we are happy that they are finishing this project.
Part of speech
sentence
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Breakdown of Ils vont aménager la zone dans un mois, et nous sommes contents qu'ils finissent ce projet.
être
to be
un
a / an (masculine)
et
and
nous
we / us (object pronoun)
Questions & Answers about Ils vont aménager la zone dans un mois, et nous sommes contents qu'ils finissent ce projet.
Why is the subjunctive used in the second half of this sentence?
Wait, ils finissent looks exactly like the normal present tense. Is it really the subjunctive?
You are right to notice that! For regular -ir verbs like finir, the ils and elles forms are spelled and pronounced exactly the same in both the present indicative (the normal present tense) and the present subjunctive. We know it is the subjunctive here solely because it follows the trigger phrase contents que.
Could I use en un mois instead of dans un mois here?
No, they mean different things. Dans un mois points to a specific time in the future, meaning the action will happen one month from now. En un mois is used to express duration, meaning the action takes one month to complete. Since they are going to start developing the zone a month from now, dans is the correct choice.
Is aménager related to the verb déménager (to move house)?