je te l'avais dit

Carl C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

je te l'avais dit

I don't see why this is plus que parfait. This refers to an action completed in the past. Seems to me "je te l'ai dit" would serve just as well or better.

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Freeform Writing Exercise B2

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Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

I think the point here is likely that “I told you so!” implies that what you said was prior to another ‘event’ - in this case that could be “I told you so, before you checked the weather”. Hence plus que parfait.

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Carl C. asked:

je te l'avais dit

I don't see why this is plus que parfait. This refers to an action completed in the past. Seems to me "je te l'ai dit" would serve just as well or better.

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