I share James' question. I initially thought the difference must be as Jim describes, but the more I looked at examples the more they all seemed to be the same. In fact, the future anterior seemed to me to be an unnecessary complication of a pretty straightforward situation. The Future/Future examples just sound better to me than the Future Anterior/Future. When an answer will have been offered, I will understand fully. (Doesn't sound any better in English)!

Many thanks, Jamie

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Alvine M.A2Kwiziq community member

Using imparfait and Passe compose

In the sentence, "Elle a été très impressionnée" we used passe compose whereas with "c'etait très romantique" we used imparfait. Aren't they both expressing an emotion so it should be imparfait for the first example instead of passe compose? Please help me out Thank you

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Andrea N.B2Kwiziq community member

Could you explain the use of 'pendant que' in this sentence.

Nous avons attendu pendant qu'il changeait le pneu.

Why is 'que' needed? The 2nd clause uses the imparfait. So, except for le present, can other tenses follow 'pendant que' ?

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Jean W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

payer vs payer pour

Bonjour à tous,

I am not clear on when one uses payer vs payer pour and I haven't been able to find a good explanation anywhere. Hope you can help.

Asked 5 years ago

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Claudia A.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Salut a tous!

In the audio for "Quand partent-ils" I hear partetil, I thought it would sound more like par til

Merci

Asked 7 years ago

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Robert S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Past participle agreement with avoir

In the example, for actions already done, using the infinitive Passé: "C'était très difficile, merci de m'avoir aidée." It appears the usage demands an agreement (if the speaker in the case was female.) Would it always be the case that agreement should be made?

Asked 6 years ago

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Jamie J.B2Kwiziq community member

Is this usage the same in negative sentences?

I want to say "I have not written since December. Is this the correct way to say that: Je n’écris pas depuis décembre.

Asked 6 years ago

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Amanda B.C1Kwiziq community member

Ce qui ce que

Il a gagné la course, ce qui est impressionnant.He won the race, which is amazing.

Ce qui in this suggests the word race is the subject. Why? I am really struggling with which is the subject or object in more complex sentences. Isn’t he the subject doing the winning ?

Asked 6 years ago