How would you write "We used to go to the cafeteria"?
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Ellen S.Kwiziq community member
How would you write "We used to go to the cafeteria"?
That was the answer I chose and I am curious as to why it is wrong.
This question relates to:French lesson "J'allais + [infinitive] to express the near future (Le Futur Proche) in the imperfect in French"
Asked 7 years ago
Nicholas D.Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Nous allions à la cafétéria. It's the imparfait when you "used to"do something.
Chris W. Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
"We used to go to the cafeteria." is a general statement about the past and therefore translated using the imparfait: "Nous allions à la cafétéria." However, the exercise seems to be about something else (Le futur proche in the past). If you wanted to say "We were going to go to the cafeteria." you would translate this as "Nous allions aller à la cafétéria."
-- Chris.
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