What is the difference between J'était dormir and Je dormait? Are they both correct to indicate "I was sleeping"?
Conditionnel tense question
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Michele M.Kwiziq community member
Conditionnel tense question
This question relates to:French lesson "Some French adverbs end in -ément"
Asked 4 years ago
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Salut Michele,
The second is almost correct to mean 'I was sleeping', but should be spelt 'je dormais'. This is the imperfect tense. If you wanted to use the conditional ('I would sleep') the translation is 'je dormirais'. The first example you give isn't correct for either the imperfect or the conditional (or anything else I'm afraid)
Matthew
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