Car il fait chaud = because it was hot.

Pekka J.A1Kwiziq community member

Car il fait chaud = because it was hot.

Hi. The sentence refers to the past, so why 'car il fait chaud', which is the present tense, and not the imperfect ' car il fasais chaud'?

Cheers,

Pekka Järvilehto 

Helsinki.



Asked 5 years ago
CécileKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Hi Pekka,

Can you give me the full context, please...

Car il fait chaud = because it was hot.

Hi. The sentence refers to the past, so why 'car il fait chaud', which is the present tense, and not the imperfect ' car il fasais chaud'?

Cheers,

Pekka Järvilehto 

Helsinki.



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