Imparfait on Saturday, but Passé Composé on Sunday?Ok, Team Kwiziq. Au secours! À l'aide!
"Samedi dernier, il y avait du brouillard et il faisait froid et humide."
- We're describing the weather, setting up the condition. Ergo: l'imparfait seems the perfect tense here.
"Dimanche, il a fait moins froid mais il a plu toute la journée."
- In context, we're implying the day following "samedi dernier," still describing the weather, setting up the condition, so why do we jump to the passé composé? It makes sense to me to use it the sentence "Mon frère et moi sommes sortis dans le jardin pour ramasser des escargots," as it happened on that particular Sunday, doesn't feel habitual, doesn't feel like it was on ongoing event...
Nonetheless why not "Dimanche, il faisait moins froid mais il pleuvait toute la journée." Or even better, "Dimanche, il faisait moins froid mais il a plu toute la journée." ???
So "demeurer" sounds "posh"? What about "habiter"? Don't they mean the same thing?
when is tout used rather than full tout ce qui/que?
Doesn't "leur" need to be "leurs," since it is modifying the plural noun "repas"?
I have it in my notes that “après que” uses the indicative tense, so is there a reason why the subjunctive is used in this occasion ?
Shouldn’t the participle agree with the preceding object? Or is it only a direct object?
Ok, Team Kwiziq. Au secours! À l'aide!
"Samedi dernier, il y avait du brouillard et il faisait froid et humide."
- We're describing the weather, setting up the condition. Ergo: l'imparfait seems the perfect tense here.
"Dimanche, il a fait moins froid mais il a plu toute la journée."
- In context, we're implying the day following "samedi dernier," still describing the weather, setting up the condition, so why do we jump to the passé composé? It makes sense to me to use it the sentence "Mon frère et moi sommes sortis dans le jardin pour ramasser des escargots," as it happened on that particular Sunday, doesn't feel habitual, doesn't feel like it was on ongoing event...
Nonetheless why not "Dimanche, il faisait moins froid mais il pleuvait toute la journée." Or even better, "Dimanche, il faisait moins froid mais il a plu toute la journée." ???
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