Breakdown of Dès qu'ils auront analysé les statistiques, nous comprendrons la démographie.
nous
we / us (object pronoun)
ils
they (masculine/mixed)
avoir
to have
comprendre
to understand
les
them (direct object pronoun)
analyser
to analyze
dès que
as soon as
la démographie
the demography
la statistique
the statistic
Questions & Answers about Dès qu'ils auront analysé les statistiques, nous comprendrons la démographie.
Why does the French sentence use a future tense (auront analysé) when the English translation says "have analyzed"?
In French, when talking about future events after time-related conjunctions like dès que (as soon as), quand (when), or lorsque (when), you must use a future tense. English typically uses a present or present perfect tense here, so this is a key difference to watch out for!
Why use the futur antérieur (auront analysé) here instead of the regular futur simple (analyseront)?
The futur antérieur (future perfect) is used to show that one future action will be completely finished before a second future action happens. In this sentence, the analysis must be finished before the understanding can happen. The second, later action (nous comprendrons) takes the regular futur simple.
How exactly is the futur antérieur built in this sentence?
It is made of two parts: the future tense of the helping verb (either avoir or être) plus the past participle of the main verb. Here, we use auront (the future tense of avoir for "ils") + analysé (the past participle of analyser).
Since ils is plural, why doesn't the past participle analysé end in an "s"?
Because the helping verb is avoir, the past participle only agrees if the direct object comes before the verb. In this sentence, the direct object is les statistiques, which comes after the verb. Therefore, analysé stays in its default form.
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