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Present tense with the past reference is "говорю", "I say" in the sense "I
was telling."
... It is about emphasis, re-living the events.
And if the verb in the main clause is past, does the verb in thesubordinate clause remain future?
Often, but not necessarily. I guess, an excited person in the emphatic
speech is lax about grammar. Future-present combination is common;
past-present is less so ("every time I met him, I say him"); future-past is
also rare ("every time as I will meet him, I told him"); present (with
participle) - present is also encountered ("every time as I meet him, I tell
him").
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