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in the beginning of the text, could you not say, 'Je travaillais pour une organisation internationale'?  it goes on say 'développions' rather than 'nous avons dévelopé...

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Dictation exercise A2

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CécileKwiziq Native French TeacherCorrect answer

Hi Jennifer,

It is the difference between -

Nous développions ...= We were developing ( continuing action)

and 

Nous avons développé = We have developed ( finished action)

Hope this helps!

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in the beginning of the text, could you not say, 'Je travaillais pour une organisation internationale'?  it goes on say 'développions' rather than 'nous avons dévelopé...

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