Car il fait chaud = because it was hot.

Pekka J.A1Kwiziq community member

Hi. The sentence refers to the past, so why 'car il fait chaud', which is the present tense, and not the imperfect ' car il fasais chaud'?

Cheers,

Pekka Järvilehto

Helsinki.

Asked 5 years ago

CécileNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Hi Pekka,

Can you give me the full context, please...

Like05 years ago

Hi. The sentence refers to the past, so why 'car il fait chaud', which is the present tense, and not the imperfect ' car il fasais chaud'?

Cheers,

Pekka Järvilehto

Helsinki.

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