starryknight897

[round chasm]

Please be patient

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[night bluff]

What to you want to say in English ?

[hearty lava]

It was actually a question in my homework. Il y a une heure, elle _____pour l'examen (etudier). I have to choose the appropriate tense.

[night bluff]

Then do you know what the intended meaning of the sentence is?

[hearty lava]

no not really...

would it be possible to use passe recent here?

elle vient de etudier pour l'examen.

It's been an hour, she just studied for the exam.

[waxen mulch]

Il y a = ago

[hearty lava]

Oh! so passe compose!

but doesn't passe recent work as well?

[marble shore]

@ripe sorrel Bonsoir, merci de répondre dans les fils qui ont été créés et de ne pas répondre dans le salon lui-même pour ne pas remplir le salon avec les réponses.

[ripe sorrel]

Two options here: 1: Il y a une heure, elle était en train d'étudier pour l'examen. 2: Il y a une heure, elle étudiait pour l'examen.

[hearty lava]

Oh alright thank you, could tell me what the first tense you used is

The second one is imparfait

[waxen mulch]

Imparfait

It's like "she was in the middle of x"

[hearty lava]

Ohhhhhhh