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Car il fait chaud = because it was hot.

Pekka J.A1Kwiziq community member

Car il fait chaud = because it was hot.

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.



This question relates to:French lesson "Conjugate ouvrir/découvrir and derivatives (+ avoir) in the compound past in French (Le Passé Composé)"
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Hi Pekka,

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

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Car il fait chaud = because it was hot.

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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