Kakes (correct me pls)

[vital sierra]

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[mild kindle]

i would use conditionnel here as it's a supposition: "croyant que de vils pleurs laveraient nos taches"

and you can switch the two parts of the sentence and say: "croyant laver toutes nos taches par de vils pleurs"

which sounds more natural, as your sentence sounds very literary

[coral bolt]

Oh, interesting. That's the first time I see that. So could I say too "croyant laveraient toutes nos taches que de vils pleurs"?

[mild kindle]

no lol, you cannot switch every word in the way you want 😭

i couldn't explain more how it works though

[coral bolt]

😂 np thank you for your help

Maybe when we write "Croyant que" that is like "Believing that" so "de vils pleurs" becomes a subject. Do you think so?
@mild kindle

[mild kindle]

no there's no subject since laver is an infinitive

in english you would say "believing washing our stains with our cries", but for stylistic and emphatic reasons i guess it's not wrong to say "believing, with our cries, washing our stains"

it's not natural, and sounds literary/poetic, as in french

[coral bolt]

Ok, I got it

Thank you