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hi,

when to use subj présent and subj passé while using jusqu'a ce que ?

can you explain clearly in what situation they must be used?

sorry i could not understand why to use subjonctif présent in certain case and passé in another cases?

thankyou in advance

Dona

Rien ici n’est cher. This lesson doesn’t say why we don’t add pas as in Rien ici n’est pas cher. Please explain why pas isn’t used. Thanks. 

Why is the first sentence, "I've always loved school."  translated in the Passé Composé instead of Imparfait: "J'ai toujours adoré l'école" ?  This seems to fit the pattern of giving a description (of me in my past), and since it's "always", it doesn't seem to have a clear beginning and end in the past.

Please help me with the answers and appropriate reasons

Thanks

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No sound starting at "Il est également d'usage...  Had to hit Submit button for each segment (0 points) for last third of the dictée!

Merci!

Not the prime purpose of the lesson - but in the examples, why is 'you have been lying' the English translation of «tu as menti» (passé composé) rather than tu mentais (imparfait)? If the English translation was  'you lied' I would understand, as that implies an episode that is finished, but in English 'you have been lying' leaves open ' for a long time' and 'and you still are' scenarios - that is the sense that it could be ongoing and it is unclear when it started. The translation has me questioning (again) what further I need to understand to grasp the nuances of this past tense distinction.

The question in the test quiz "Cette année, Michaël ________ perdre du poids" is marked wrong if you enter "doit", it wants "a besoin de".  Whilst this is correct in the context of this lesson, as far as I can see looking at the lesson comparing the use of Devoir and Avoir besoin de, the use of "doit" would also be reasonable.

Can you use s’intéresser à instead of être intéressé de?