Recent past


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The recent past, also referred to as immediate past or near past, is a periphrastic time of French using a semi-auxiliary. It makes it possible to express an event that has just occurred (ex: It has just rained down), and which therefore often comes true in the recent past (hence the recent adjective). We form a recent past from the semi-auxiliary come and the infinitive of the verb, preceded by the preposition of:

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