Have an account?

Don't have account,

Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive a link and will create a new password via email.

What is the capital of Tunisia?

Have an account?

Please type your username.

Please type your E-Mail.

Please choose the appropriate section so the question can be searched easily.

Please choose suitable Keywords Ex: question, poll.

Type the description thoroughly and in details.

What is the capital of Tunisia?

Search
Ask A Question
Home/ Languages/A sequence of tense question for “puisqu’il t’avait suffi jusqu’à présent, tu aurais pu attendre le départ de Jérôme pour l’expédier”
Posted in Languages

A sequence of tense question for “puisqu’il t’avait suffi jusqu’à présent, tu aurais pu attendre le départ de Jérôme pour l’expédier”

  1. A is good.

  2. B doesn’t work with jusqu’à présent. But this works:

    puisqu’il te suffit, tu pourrais attendre le départ de Jérôme pour l’expédier

    Or maybe more precise:

    puisqu’il te suffit, tu aurais pu attendre le départ de Jérôme pour l’expédier

    Because in the original, I think the piano is already sent out: l’expédier was done in the past, iMHO, even if the piano is still suffisant.

    C probably works, but I believe Gide’s original is more natural.

  3. I would have to think hard to figure out when to use Gide’s original or C.

  4. To use the present tense in B, I believe you have to remove jusqu’à présent, or it feels somehow broken.

 

concordance-des-tempsdiscours-indirect
Previous article
Next article

Leave a comment

What is the capital of Tunisia?