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- "Finisco entro oggi."
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Jeffrey855877
1629
This seems to be another instance of Italian using simple present to express a near-future event. "I will finish by today" is a likely English idiom paralleling the gist of the Italian.
In English we "cheat" on the future tense by use of present continuous:
"What will you do this afternoon?"
"I am going to the store" or "I will be going to the store" mean the same thing.
In Italian, there sentences like: Arrivano stasera - literally, "they arrive this evening" in idiomatic English would be "They will arrive this evening."
So, it's just idiom.
Zchbaniel25
102
What could be the difference between "fra" and "entro"? Which one would be used together with "domani" to say "by tomorrow"?