Tenses with depuis and pendant Flashcards
1
Q
How do tenses work with depuis?
A
“In French, the tense of the verb matches the point in time that the action/state has reached”
2
Q
With depuis, if an action began in the past and is still going on in the present, which tense should be used?
A
The present tense
3
Q
With depuis, if an action began in the past and was still ongoing at another point in the past, which tense should be used?
A
The imperfect tense
4
Q
How do tenses work with pendant?
A
The preposition pendant is associated with action/states that are COMPLETED, the tenses work the same way as in English
