<div dir="ltr">Dear Östen,<div>for Russian, the present imperfective seems to be the most natural choice, as in (1):</div><div>(1) <i>Маша <b>подаёт </b>сегодня заявку на грант.</i></div><div>However, depending on the exact discourse situation, other variants are available as well. For example, if I am wondering whether Mary has already submitted or not, I would rather use (2):</div><div>(2) <i>Маша <b>собиралась подать</b> сегодня заявку на грант. (Интересно, подала ли она её уже?)</i>,</div><div>with a sort of past prospective construction.</div><div><br></div><div>Very best,</div><div>Timur Maisak</div><div> </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">чт, 15 февр. 2024 г. в 12:25, Christian Lehmann <<a href="mailto:christian.lehmann@uni-erfurt.de">christian.lehmann@uni-erfurt.de</a>>:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<p>Heute wollte Maria ihren Antrag einreichen.<br>
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<div>Am 14.02.2024 um 21:29 schrieb Östen
Dahl:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I would like to ask for
intuitions about the following, in one or more languages
that you are acquainted with.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Suppose your colleague
Mary said on Monday: "Tomorrow I'm going to submit my grant
proposal." Now it's about noon on Tuesday, and you have no
idea whatsoever of the time of the realization of her
intention. Maybe she did it in the morning, maybe she'll
wait until midnight, and maybe she's just doing it right
now. How would you express the sentence below in your
language(s), replacing SUBMIT by a suitable verb form? The
idea is that you should try to use a maximally simple and
natural formulation without excluding any possibility.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:36pt"><span lang="EN-US">Today Mary SUBMIT her grant proposal<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">All comments are
welcome.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thanks in advance!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="SV">- Östen<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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