tenses of verbs

jennifer A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

tenses of verbs

in this text it said 'I explained to her', which I would have thought was 'Je lui ai expliqué' but no.

so, when to use (for example)

j'avais expliqué 

j'expliquais 

Asked 3 years ago
G B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

In this case, the hint given was to specifically use the plus-que-parfait.

tenses of verbs

in this text it said 'I explained to her', which I would have thought was 'Je lui ai expliqué' but no.

so, when to use (for example)

j'avais expliqué 

j'expliquais 

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