infinitif passé

KYLE Y.B2Kwiziq community member

Can infinitif passé be used with avant de under some circumstances?

Here's an example sentence from my French class:

Il n'ira pas jouer avec ses amis avant d'avoir fini ses devoirs.

The question was to correctly conjugate the verb finir in the bolded place; I'd written finir (infinitif présent) in the first place.

Asked 3 years ago

KYLE Y.B2Kwiziq community member

Similarly, here's a question (and a sentence) about whether we can use subjonctif passé after avant que(+ne):

On ne lui permettait pas de jouer avec ses amis avant qu'il _______________ (ne finir) ses devoirs.

The answer key gives n'ait fini; I wrote ne finisse.

Like13 years ago

Can infinitif passé be used with avant de under some circumstances?

Here's an example sentence from my French class:

Il n'ira pas jouer avec ses amis avant d'avoir fini ses devoirs.

The question was to correctly conjugate the verb finir in the bolded place; I'd written finir (infinitif présent) in the first place.

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