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JohnnyC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Mathilde a rentré la voiture avant qu'il ne pleuveI feel like I have learned this lesson before but for the life of me I can't remember why "ne" doesn't have a negative meaning here. Is there a lesson associated with it? Thank you.

Asked 5 years agone, subjunctive

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HarryC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"... bien que je ne sois pas d'accord" vs "... bien que je n'étais pas d'accord"My question follows Janine's.

In English there may be a difference in meaning between "You went out even though I wasn't ok with it" and "You went out even though I'm not ok with it"; I might have changed my mind in the interim: "You went out even though I wasn't ok with it [, but now I am ok with it]." Wouldn't this second sense require the imperfect rather than the subjunctive in modern French: "... bien que je n'étais pas d'accord"?

Asked 1 month ago"bien que", subjunctive, imperfect

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