Owen

[viscid minnow]

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[plucky field]

Sounds to me like a room with lots of curtains hung?

[stark seal]

thank you

[limber vortex]

Basically what Bertie said.

[stark seal]

why is the imparfait used here

is mourir not a single action

[plucky field]

Concordance des temps with the subjunctive depends more on the main verb

[stark seal]

what does that mean

like why not que maman ne soit pas morte

or que maman ne fût pas morte

[plucky field]

It would be if we were using modern French but in literary French if the main verb is in the conditional then the present/future would be the subjunctive imperfect, the past would be the subjunctive pluperfect

« J’aurais préféré que … »
Literary French:
During/After -> « … maman ne mourût pas. »
Before -> « … maman ne fût pas morte. »

Modern French:
During/After -> « … maman ne meure pas. »
Before -> « … maman ne soit pas morte. »

[stark seal]

ahh that makes sense now

thank you for writing that up

do u have a resource or link that elaborates on this

if not thank you

[plucky field]

https://www.cap-concours.fr/donnees/secteur-socio-educatif/secteur-socio-educatif/reviser-et-s-entrainer/maitriser-la-concordance-des-temps-cc_fra_20

[stark seal]

LEGEND

[hazy slate]

What dictionary is this btw?

[stark seal]

cntrl

[limber vortex]

CNRTL.