Why is it 'Elle aurait eu froid sans son manteau' and not 'aurait été froid'?
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Past conditional
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Keith S.Kwiziq community member
Past conditional
This question relates to:French lesson "Conjugate verbs with irregular past participles in the conditional past in French (Le Conditionnel Passé)"
Asked 4 years ago
Hi Keith,
It is because to be cold is ‘avoir froid‘.
It would be the same for to be hot which is,
’avoir chaud ‘-——> “ Elle aurait eu chaud “
for ‘she would have been hot’ .
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