lucmaster77

[cunning lantern]

Please be patient

Our volunteers look into many questions every day; sometimes it takes them a little while to answer.

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Make it descriptive, including relevant context, but also to the point. This way you improve your chances of getting a more relevant and specific answer.

[dreamy burrow]

"a été" = passé composé
"était" = imparfait
It depends on the context
"a été" is for an action that happen and end in a define time
"était" is for an action which you can't say when it started and when it finished

[austere escarp]

To get into more details about those past tenses, here's the article: https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/passe-compose-vs-imparfait/

[hexed yew]

But they could sound like the difference between “The storm was very violent” vs “The storm has been very violent”

[analog temple]

don't think like that