FREN 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Infinitive, Preposition And Postposition
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Pour parler d"une action, puis une autre (toutes les deux dans le pass ) Apr s signals the presence of two actions, one distinctly after the other. Avoir is the auxilary verb used with faire (j"ai fait), but you don"t conjugate it. The second action in the sequence appears in pass compos or in the imparfait, whichever is appropriate: apr s tre arriv e sur le campus ce matin, je suis all e en cours. Note that even though tre is not conjugated, the participle must agree with the subject (in this case, a female: apr s tre partis de la fac, nous sommes all s en ville. N gation: la n gation enti re est plac e avant le verbe. Apr s ne pas avoir dit la v rit , jean-louis a demand pardon: sometimes, instead of using apr s, the infinitif pass is used to express regret. Je regrette de ne pas avoir dit la v rit .
