French language Q&A Forum

In a sentence with a main clause and a si clause, the first uses the conditionell and the second the imparfait. For example, Je partirais si j'avais une voiture. Would it not make more sense to use the conditionelle for the si clause as well? After all, it also expresses a hypothetical situation. Why the different modes in the main clause and the si clause?

I used ‘en dessous de (la table)’ . Can someone explain why that is wrong?

Does this rule only apply to verbs that use être as an auxiliary?  Meaning that any verbs that use avoir as an auxiliary wouldn't abide by this rule. 

Salute,

Recently I came across with the phrase le tour de magie, here tour is meaning trick, is that right? Would it be useful to include this meaning as well at this lesson?

Bonsoir

In the last sentence, I used "Elle est" but was corrected to "C'est" and referred to the lesson for using c'est vs. elle/il est when saying "it is." I was confused by this, however, because I wasn't trying to say "it is" -- I was trying to say "she is," referring to Marc's daughter. What is the reason for the last sentence using "C'est"?

I encountered these two sentences in a language learning tool:

"J'ai voulu être un écrivain célèbre toute ma vie"

"J'ai toujours rêvé d'être un joueur de golf professionnel"

I'd like to know the reason why Passé Composé is used rather than L'imparfait.

And also, why "un joueur" is used despite the fact that we don't use indefinite articles when talking about professions?

Thanks a lot.