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Why is "I had to read a poem" given the imperfect here? The lesson flagged under the answer (Using "devoir" in the imperfect tense versus the compound past in French (L'Imparfait vs Le Passé Composé)) suggests it should be passé composé, since it refers to an obligation that was completed.
Hello,
Why do we use etait allée below instead of est allée?
ex. Il a laissé sa voiture au garage après qu'elle était allée à la banque.
There was a question:
Je suis retourné me coucher après que tu es parti. (correct answer as per quiz)
Should it be "Je suis retourné me coucher après que tu etais parti?
Quand j'étais jeune, je cousais et créais tous mes costumes, pour moi et mes amis. Plus tard, je préférais me promener en voiture et admirer les maisons joliment décorées.
For indicating "a relationship soured", can we use s'aigrir or aigrir as verbs?
If you drop the "s" from all "er" verbs when using the singular imperative, why does "ajoutes-y" have an "s" ?
Well this was pretty disheartening. It would have been good to know in advance that correct punctuation and capitals were essential to get a sentence perfect!
________ retarde le train, c'est la grève. What delays the train is the strike.
Just dropping a comment. Why is the audio quality worse than the others ?
Très difficile. Mais c'est pour ça que je suis ici, pour apprendre le français.
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