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Hi,
I had a doubt regarding this statement :
Je pense que tu vendrais facilement ta maison.
Shouldn't statements with penser/croire etc only be followed by indicatif in the positive or subjonctif in the negative? In what cases can we use conditionnel? I would think this particular sentence should use vendre in the future tense. So:
Je pense que tu vendras facilement ta maison.
Please let me know.
Thanks and regards
Roopa
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