mandryka
pfm Member
Don't forget that in French you can use the present tense to narrate the past. I just typed into google "En France c'est De Gaulle" and this came up at the top of the list En France, c'est de Gaulle qui octroie par ordonnance le suffrage aux femmes en 1944.
The really unintuitive thing for me is the the future perfect. Here's one where even the rule is hard for me to get my head round: Le plus beau cadeau que je me serai offert. Ce fut pour moi une aventure qui commença avec de simples échanges, .. .. In English you'd just say The best present I've ever given myself . . .
The really unintuitive thing for me is the the future perfect. Here's one where even the rule is hard for me to get my head round: Le plus beau cadeau que je me serai offert. Ce fut pour moi une aventure qui commença avec de simples échanges, .. .. In English you'd just say The best present I've ever given myself . . .