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There are several ways to express something that will possibly happen in the future.

One of them is to use adverbs with the future tense to show that you are not sure that the event will actually o...

The best thing to think about when writing a discursive essay is to have a clear and defined structure, whilst always keeping in mind that everything you write must be relevant to the question you are ask...

il a plu hier = it rained yesterday

il pleuvait = it was raining

il faisait beau = the weather was good

il y avait des orgaes = there were thunderstorms

il faisait mauvais = th...

The imperfect tense is used for an ongoing action, meaning that the action has started but it hasn't finished yet. It is lasting in time, for example: "Je tenais dans mes mains une assiette." (&...

The quickest way to think of it is that the perfect tense is for actions that are done one time in the past and finished - ‘j’ai mangé la banane’ (implying that there was one banana and that you finished ...