Why was this marked as incorrect?

Anousha S.B1Kwiziq community member

Why was this marked as incorrect?

"Toute notre vie, nous ________ être ensemble. Il y a certaines choses qui ne doivent simplement pas se faire." 
All our lives, we'll have wanted to be together. Some things are simply not meant to be.(HINT: Conjugate "vouloir" in Le Futur Antérieur)aurons vouluavions vouluserons voulusaurions voulu
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Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

I can't tell you why your answer was marked wrong because you didn't tell me what your answer was.

Toute notre vie, nous aurons voulu être ensemble.

Suzy A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

This isn’t so much an answer as a comment….I think the English is a little stilted.  If it had said “all our lives we’ve wanted to be together” (but never managed to - “Some things are simply not meant to be"), there is technically no future implied.  

But am I correct in understanding the only way to translate “all our lives we’ve wanted to be together” (but haven’t done so yet) I would HAVE to use the Futur Antérieur?

Suzy A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

This isn’t so much an answer as a comment….I think the English is a little stilted.  If it had said “all our lives we’ve wanted to be together” (but never managed to - “Some things are simply not meant to be"), there is technically no future implied.  

But am I correct in understanding the only way to translate “all our lives we’ve wanted to be together” (but haven’t done so yet) I would HAVE to use the Futur Antérieur?

Anousha S. asked:

Why was this marked as incorrect?

"Toute notre vie, nous ________ être ensemble. Il y a certaines choses qui ne doivent simplement pas se faire." 
All our lives, we'll have wanted to be together. Some things are simply not meant to be.(HINT: Conjugate "vouloir" in Le Futur Antérieur)aurons vouluavions vouluserons voulusaurions voulu

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