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Nancy P.C1KwizIQ community member

Why the imparfait and not the futur?

"à tout ce que l'avenir leur réservait": I translate this for myself as "all the future will hold for them". To me it is counterintuitive to use a past tense (even continuous past tense) for events occuring in the future. Please help me make sense of this use of the imparfait.

Asked 5 years ago

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Brian E.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Weekend workouts

Hi, do the weekend workouts get added to the relevant category (in this case Writing B1)?

I’m wondering if I’m seeing the WWs by working through the main Writing/Reading/etc. categories, or if I need to go through the WWs as an additional activity.

Asked 5 years ago

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Nengi B.A2KwizIQ community member

Conjugation after the use of queJe veux tellement qu'ils finissent ensemble. Je le souhaite de tout mon cœur.I want them to end up together so much. I wish it with all my heart.
why is it qu'ils finissent and not qu'ils finir ensemble. Isn't the second verb supposed to be infinitive or does the que indicate the beginning of a new sentence?

Asked 2 years ago

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Chesca M.A1KwizIQ community member

Other parts of speech

Bonjour,

In this example: Je n'ai pas compris ce qui a suivi.

What part of speech is ce qui?

Merci :)