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 The first construction is a clause introduced with a time conjunction such as (''d'air'' = 'when') and using a finite verb form (i.e. the verb form is used with a subject).
-The second construction is a clause introduced with a preposition (such as ''de, d' '' = 'at, in') followed by the verbal noun which may take a possessive prefix for the subject. Thus the non-finite time clause marks aspect or tense relative to the tense of the main clause rather than absolute tense. Non-finite time clauses are considered a little more literary than finite time clauses.
+The second construction is a clause introduced with a preposition (such as ''ar'' = 'upon') followed by the verbal noun which may take a possessive prefix for the subject. Thus the non-finite time clause marks aspect or tense relative to the tense of the main clause rather than absolute tense. Non-finite time clauses are considered a little more literary than finite time clauses.
 ===Infinitive clauses===