Does 'J'espère que cela vous aiderait' translate as 'I hope that this helped you.'?

Andrew S.A1Kwiziq community member

Does 'J'espère que cela vous aiderait' translate as 'I hope that this helped you.'?

Asked 7 years ago

LauraKwiziq team member

Bonjour Andrew,

No, that means "I hope that this would help you," because aiderait is in the conditional.

What you need is a past tense: I hope this helped you = J'espère que cela vous a aidé.

Like07 years ago

Ron T.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Bonsoir Laura, Thank you. I was just logging back in as I realized what the translation given should have been. Mes meilleures salutations.

Like07 years ago

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Does 'J'espère que cela vous aiderait' translate as 'I hope that this helped you.'?

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