agrumes (corrigez-moi svp)

[lethal talon]

Please be patient

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[gentle sparrow]

“Essayer” takes a “de” before an infinitive verb.

J’ai eu beau essayer de le convaincre

Also I feel like mixing the passé composé with the imparfait is a bit strange here. I think either you put both verbs in the passé composé or both in the imparfait, depending on what you’re trying to express.

[chrome spire]

does it make sense to conjugate in the imparfait with avoir beau?

lawless french is a bit vague there

[gentle sparrow]

Yes it does.
J’avais beau essayer, je n’y arrivais pas.

No matter how much I tried, I couldn’t do it.

In the imparfait it implies you tried and failed multiple times

[chrome spire]

thanks!