Why is it "était DE" here? Why is the "DE" used ?
était de faire du bricolage avec mon père
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The pattern is: être de faire qqc. -- to be to do something. If the conjugated verb être is followed by an infinitive, there's the preposition de before the infinitive.
Mon occupation préferée est de faire les magasins. -- My favorite occupation is to go shopping.
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