tenses of verbs

jennifer A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

in this text it said 'I explained to her', which I would have thought was 'Je lui ai expliqué' but no.

so, when to use (for example)

j'avais expliqué

j'expliquais

Asked 4 years ago

G B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

In this case, the hint given was to specifically use the plus-que-parfait.

Like04 years ago

in this text it said 'I explained to her', which I would have thought was 'Je lui ai expliqué' but no.

so, when to use (for example)

j'avais expliqué

j'expliquais

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