I think that "I Ate" is past tense of the verb to eat.

Patricia L.C1Kwiziq community member

I think that "I Ate" is past tense of the verb to eat.

Hi, can you explain why "I ate all the cakes" is not a correct translation of

"Elle a mangé tout le gâteau!"Merci

This question relates to:French lesson "Using the French compound past (Le Passé Composé) to express sentences in the English simple past"

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Bonjour Patricia,

"I ate all the cakes" would translate as j'ai mangé tous les gâteaux whereas elle a mangé tout le gâteau would translate as "she ate all the cake" or "she has eaten all the cake".

Bonne journée!

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Patricia L. asked:

I think that "I Ate" is past tense of the verb to eat.

Hi, can you explain why "I ate all the cakes" is not a correct translation of

"Elle a mangé tout le gâteau!"Merci

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