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[long saffron]

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[novel condor]

I think I know what the second part should be (after ,), however I can't think of the first part that would sound correct

I think it should be something like:

Si j' ... maire, il y aurait des skate-parks dans tous les jardins de la ville.

[tight brook]

Si j'avais été maire

[novel condor]

what time is it?

shouldn't it be imparfait in the first part

like Si j'etais

[tight brook]

I'm bad with tenses names, but I think it's plus-que-parfait

[novel condor]

why would we use it and not imparfait?

[tight brook]

Imparfait would have also worked (si j'étais maire,...)

[novel condor]

ah okay

merci

[tight brook]

But the difference between using the 2 tenses is

Si j'étais maire: if I was (maire) right now

Si j'avais été maire: if I was (maire) in this time in the past

[novel condor]

ah

okay

merci