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dense torrent
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selon moi, la phrase « il venait d'accepter ce poste » a du sens
ça veut dire "he had just accepted this job"
pourquoi tu penserais qu'il faut ajouter une autre proposition ?

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aussi, je crois que tu voulais dire « venir de + l'infinitif », non ?

narrow summit
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mon livre n'explique pas la difference entre normal venir de and imparfait

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dans les exemples, ils utilisent un autre proposition

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also is my question understandable 😭

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grammar wise

dense torrent
narrow summit
dense torrent
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basically...

  • je viens de fraire quelque chose → I just did something
  • je venais de faire quelque chose → I had just done something
dense torrent
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like, you can see the « quand... » at the end

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meaning that there should be another clause there

narrow summit
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yeah thats what i mean

narrow summit
dense torrent
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yeah

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it's the same in English

narrow summit
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so i can say "je venais de manger" and it would be fine ?

dense torrent
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you wouldn't say something like "I had just finished my homework" and that's it

narrow summit
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oh wait

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true

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🤦‍♀️

dense torrent
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you'd say "I just finished my homework"

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which is « venir de » in the present tense

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but... you would say "I had just finished my homework when you showed up"

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which translates to « Je venais de finir mes devoirs quand tu es arrivé »

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so basically you do need another clause hmm

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if you think about it, this kinda works in the same way that the verb « aller » does in present vs. imperfect tense 👀

narrow summit
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im braindead

dense torrent
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lol alr

narrow summit
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so now it actually all makes sense

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bahaha

dense torrent
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  • Je vais acheter cet ordinateur.
    -# ** ** ("I am going to buy this computer.")
  • J'allais acheter cet ordinateur, mais le magasin a tout vendu ses stocks.
    -# ** ** ("I was going to buy this computer, but the store was sold out.")
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as you can see, in the first example, we use the verb « aller » in the present tense

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and we don't include an additional clause because the thought is already complete

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but in the second example, we use the verb « aller » in the imperfect tense

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and so, we do include an additional clause to complete the thought

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do you get it? 👀

narrow summit
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ohhhhhhh

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yes

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i get it

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interesting 🥸

dense torrent
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these are called « les temps périphrastiques » blob_gentilhomme

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very fancy name

narrow summit
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i never know when to compare french to english, so it ends up messing me up pourquoi

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or i should say i compare them at the wrong times

dense torrent
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yeah, sometimes it's a bad idea to compare them

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especially when using prepositions 💀

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but other times, they do have similar aspects hehe

narrow summit
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did i use il faut correctly ? im ngl i dont understand how to use it

dense torrent
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almost

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« qu'il faut qu'une autre proposition suive » smallcorrection

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because you need to conjugate the verb « suivre » in the present subjunctive

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also, it's « la proposition principale » smallcorrection

narrow summit
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what does that even mean pourquoi

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and thank you !

dense torrent
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you don't know the subjunctive mood?

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it's used in a lot of cases

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especially with « il faut que »

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if you wanna know more about it, you can check out this article

narrow summit
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funnily enough, thats what im learning tomorrow bahaha