Question 1

Could I just say d'ici lundi without the à?

Accepted Answer

Yes! Both d'ici à lundi and d'ici lundi are completely interchangeable and mean "by Monday" or "between now and Monday". Dropping the à is very common, especially in everyday spoken French.

Question 2

What is the difference between d'ici à lundi and jusqu'à lundi?

Accepted Answer

D'ici à sets a deadline for an action to be completed: it means the action will happen at some point between now and then. Jusqu'à means "until" and describes a continuous state or action that lasts right up to that moment. Because getting a document is a single event rather than a continuous action, d'ici à is the correct choice here.

Question 3

Why is the verb aura in the singular? In English, words like "committee" can sometimes take a plural verb.

Accepted Answer

In French, collective nouns like le comité, l'équipe (the team), or la famille (the family) are always strictly singular. You must always use the singular il/elle verb form, which is why we use aura instead of auront.

Question 4

Since there is a deadline, why doesn't this use the futur antérieur (future perfect) tense?

Accepted Answer

It depends on the verb you choose. If you used recevoir (to receive), you would use the futur antérieur to show the action was completed before the deadline: le comité aura reçu le document (the committee will have received the document). But because the verb here is avoir (to have), it describes a state of possession that will be true on Monday, so the simple future (aura) sounds perfectly natural.

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