can あいだ / あいだに be used with non-past tenses


Last week I learned to use あいだ and あいだに to express things that happen at the
same time (are parallel) or things that happen while other are occurring. But
I noticed that all the examples on the book (みんなの日本語 - 中級１ - Lesson 8, pp. 82)
as well as the exercises and their answers use past tense, like this:

> 電車に乗っているあいだ、本を読んで **いた** 。
>
> 食事に出かけているあいだに、部屋にどろぼうが **入った** 。

As I understand, in this grammatical pattern あいだ is used sort of like a
"while". But can this be used to express things that are happening now or will
happen in the future, while others occur? For example, is this correct:

> あなたが映画を見ているあいだ、私は買い物に行きます。  
>  (While you watch the movie I will go shopping)
>
> みんなが遊んでいるあいだ、私は働いています。  
>  (I'm working while everyone is having fun)




> あなたが映画を見ているあいだ、私は買い物に行きます。  
>  みんなが遊んでいるあいだ、私は働いています。

Both sentences are perfectly standard. The structure あいだ(に), is indeed not
bound to being used with the past tense.




> あなたが映画を見ているあいだ、私は買い物に行きます。  
>  みんなが遊んでいるあいだ、私は働いています。

Both sentences are perfectly standard. The structure あいだ(に), is indeed not
bound to being used with the past tense.

