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        8 months ago

        Is it correct to say the future was in the past, or is in the past?

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          8 months ago

          Yes. The Germans have a tense for it: Futur II.

          Use Futur II (= ich werde gelernt haben) to make assumptions about something that has happened in the past or will have already happened by a certain time in the future.