I'll see you baby, when the ice has broken - how to translate it?

0Can we have more context? 02br
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00Usually "to break the ice" means to get to know someone, but that doesn't seem to make sense here. 02br
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00I suppose the person could be living in a remote northern (or extreme southern) climate that gets ice bound in the winter, and after the thaw, when the ice breaks, people can travel to and from there again.0

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00Is it a type of conditional or what?12blockquote

10Yes, it seems it is.01blockquote

01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10Can we have more context?12br
10Usually "to break the ice" means to get to know someone, but that doesn't seem to make sense here.12blockquote

10Why not.

0 Sorry guys - i made my question a little confusing. The point of my question is that i would like to know what form/tense/principle was used to make that sentence. Im trying to understand this in that way - I + will + Present Perfect - is that possible? The fragment "when the ice has broken" means something in the past, and before it we have "I will see You baby" - it means that we're talking

0 I still think that it's a conditional sentence. But I am not sure. I think that present perfect emphasizes the sequence of actions. First, the ice had broken, then he saw his baby. Correct me If I am wrong :-)0-

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00I will see you at 2 p.m. I will see you in May. I will see you in 2008.02br
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00I will see you [after some event has happened]. I will see you after you return from lunch. I will see you after you've returned from your trip to Italy. I will see you after you've completed your world tour.0-

0That's what i was looking for. Thank You for Your help 050010id1

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00Im trying to understand this in that way - I + will + Present Perfect - is that possible? The fragment "when the ice has broken" means something in the past, and before it we have "I will see You baby"12blockquote

10Yes. 02br
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01i00... will ... when [PRES PERF / PRESENT]02i00 are not only possibl

0 That's curious for me (Pole). From my point of view a possibility of use Present Perfect to indicate a point in the future is a totally new thing (doesn't matter in what types of construction). Thank You for Your help one more time.02br
00By the way - great forum - maybe it's high time to register?02br
00Best Regards, Peter 0-

0 Yes, Peter. It's definitely a good idea to register!02br
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00 Present perfect, as you know, does not usually indicate future time. But it can be used that way after quite a few subordinating conjunctions.02br
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01i00when you have finished ...02br
00 once he has arrived ...02br
00 after we have seen the movie ..

0 "The real future conditional" requires a conditional verb in a present tense. My logic tells me that "present perfect" is kind of in a present tense too. "Present perfect" also indicates a fact that something has been already done and brings a connection to the present.02br
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00Yes, it's a good idea to register :-)0-