Can someone explain why Passé Composé is used in the sentence "Tu as toujours été jalouse" rather than Imparfait. Merci beaucoup!
étais vs as été
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Hi White,
Take a look at Maarten's answer to a very similar case question -
https://kwiziq.learnfrenchwithalexa.com/questions/view/passe-compose-instead-of-imparfait
Hope it helps!
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