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The subjunctive is always preceded by que/ qui and almost always in a dependent clause. However, these two factors can be present without the subjunctive being required, so how do we know? The first indicato...

The passé composé is formed by using the present tense form of avoir/être, followed by the past participle of a given verb.Most verbs take the use the verb avoir, however there are several verbs which use êt...

That's a great question, and one that we, as non-native French speakers, ask quite a lot. The most important thing to remember about the imperfect tense is that it is not perfect. And it's not perfect becaus...

Both of these tenses are used to refer to actions in the past. The first one, the passé composé, is used to refer to completed actions, things that happened at a specific point in time. The imparfait, or imp...

Je pense que le réchauffement climatique est un vrai problème pour la Terre. Nous devrions essayer de réduire les émissions de dioxide de carbone en utilisant les transports en commun au lieu de dépendre sur...