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lisa d.A1Kwiziq community member

il y a

Asked 8 years ago

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Ian L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Imperfect vs. conditional

"le propriétaire m'a dit que vous étiez mon fournisseur d'électricité".

Can you explain the use of the imperfect tense in this context?

I chose "vous seriez"rather than 'vous étiez". I interpreted "were" as conditional (ie, as "you would be") rather than literally "you were". I thought that Bruno was not already a client of the electricity provider. Is this acceptable?

Asked 6 years ago

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L H.A0Kwiziq community member

can pendant be used for duration in the past using imparfait eg J'etudiais le francais pendant 2 ans

Asked 7 years ago

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Diana G.B1Kwiziq community member

I understand that "Il ne mange rien" is the correct order of words...But does the order change if the verb tense changes? Can I say " Il n'a rien mangé?

Asked 8 years ago

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Gabhan B.C1Kwiziq community member

avoir + montéThe lesson says that "J'ai monté mon cheval" means "I mounted my horse" and that avoir + monté means "to mount something". In the test it asks what the meaning is of "'Lucas a monté la nouvelle armoire de sa soeur.'' I selected "Lucas got on his sister's new wardrobe" as one of the possible meanings (to me, "got on" means generally the same thing as "mounted", though "getting on" a wardrobe seems like an odd thing to say). Anyway, that answer was marked as incorrect. I don't understand why. Could you help?