One of the questions turns the sentence about dolphins into a question: Saviez-vous que les dauphins sont des mammifères? Could you say why "sont" isn’t concordant with "saviez"? In your article on this subject it says "You can't use the past tense in the main clause with the present tense in the subordinate - the latter must be in the past as well: "Il ne savait pas que j'étais professeur (He did not know that I was a teacher)" Thanks!

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shambhavi k.B1Kwiziq community member

Why we used ce que? And as ce que is what then why we used 'de plus en plus'

In the sentence

Je savais de plus en plus ce que je voulais

Can't it be que instead of ce que

And since ce que is what which means noun why we used de plus en plus and why imparfait is used not passé composé? Also if there is a verb before the blank and a noun after what would we use de plus en plus or de plus en plus de ? If nothing is after then?

Asked 5 years ago

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Victor Ifeanyi O.Kwiziq community member

What's the difference between "day before yesterday and day after yesterday"

Asked 4 years ago

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Lorie R.C1Kwiziq community member

Les festivités commençaient

Since the beginning of the festivities is a precise and limited event, I thought this would use passe compose "ont commencees." Can someone help me understand why this is imperfait?

And the last sentence: J'ai toujour trouve ca magique," I had thought this would be imparfait since it's ongoing and indefinite.

Asked 5 years ago

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Kay C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

et nous avons promis de payer pour la fenêtre.

Doe the "de" relate to the verb promettre or to payer?

Asked 4 years ago

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Barbara B.C1Kwiziq community member

Pourquoi le conditionnel au lieu du futur ? pour des raisons purement administratives dont je vous épargnerais les détails.

Asked 5 years ago

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