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I know that I can use the passe compose when expresing the habits with" apres que"
is it valid for "quand,aussitôt que,dès que,lorsque,une fois que,
for example
Je me brosse les dents quand je me suis lèvé (first ı get up then I brush my teeths)
aussitôt je me suis levé, Je me brosse les dents
dès que je me suis levé, Je me brosse les dents
lorsque je me suis levé, Je me brosse les dents
une fois que, je me suis levé, Je me brosse les dents
I wish your helps... Merci beaucoup.
I don't understand. I'm given a lesson on pronouns but then most of the test is on conjugation of verbs I have not heard of before.
I really enjoyed this one - thank you!
Are there other verbs who follow this same pattern: ie. they can be conjugated in the past tense using either 'etre' or 'avoir'? The verb that comes to mind is:
'Paraitre'?
Merci
The answer to #7 on the calendar is la neige but I answered une boule à neige (a snow globe) because that's what it looks like to me.
this is not in conditionnel
But this is:
Au cas où vous auriez faim, je vous ai fait un sandwich.
"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.
Why is the future rather than the present not used for this? i.e. 'next time I will choose the film' or 'next time I am going to choose the film' because it is suggesting an action in the future.
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