Could also please fill in the English:
je demande - I ask
je demande (subjunctive) -
j'ai demandé - I have asked
je demandais - I asked
je demandai -
je demanderai - I will ask
je demanderais - I would ask
je demandasse -
thank you so very much!
Could you please give me the English translation for "je dormais"(imparfait) and
"je dormisse"(imparfait du subjunctif)
The translator site gives me "I slept" for both.That couldn't be right, could it??!
Merci beaucoup!
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Yes, it "might" be correct, "I slept." Actually I would call that the tertiary meaning for the Imperfect, because it is the translation also for the Passé Composé. Ordinarily there are 3 English translations for l'Imparfait.
je dormais = I WAS sleepING, I USED TO sleep (repetitive action), I slept.
You won't see the Imperfect Subjunctive outside of literature very much. But, when you do the translation will contain the word "might" (past tense of "may," cue for Pres. Subj.)
je dormisse = that I might sleep (I'd call it not the best translation with "slept."
This exercise with "dormir" and "demander" is excellent because otherwise you might never be aware of the various translations!
je demande (usually 3 translations for the Present Indicative in English) = I ask for, I DO ask for, I AM askING for.
que je demande (Subjunctive can have various meanings, depending upon the context, but usually the word "may." = that I may ask, BUT with context it could sound like the Present Indicative, even the Future, the Infinitive!
j'ai demandé (Passé Composé also has 3 English translations usually) = I have asked, I DID ask, I askED
je demandais (L'Imparfait = usually 3 English translations) = I WAS asking, I USED to ask, I askED
je demandai (Passé Simple = usually 2 translations) = I askED, I DID ask
je demanderai (the Futur "might" have 2 but the 2nd is dying out in English) = I WILL ask, I SHALL ask
je demanderais (the Conditionnel with one) = I WOULD ask
je demandasse (Imperfect Subjunctive with one) = I MIGHT ask (for could be stated or understood)
NOTE: You didn't ask, but what about the Compound Tenses?
j'avais demandé (plus-que-parfait/Pluperect or Past Perfect Indicative) = I HAD askED
j'eus demandé (passé antérieur/Past Anterior) = I HAD askED
j'aurai demandé (futur antérieur/Future Perfect or Future Anterior) I HAVE askED
j'aurais demandé (conditionnel passé/Conditional Perfect) = I WOULD HAVE askED
j'aie demandé (passé du subjonctif/Past Subjunctive) = that I MAY HAVE askED
j'eusse demandé (plus-que-parfait du subjonctif/Pluperfect or Past Perfect Subjunctive) that I MIGHT HAVE askED
demande / demandons / demandez (L'Impératif)
ask! / let's ask!/ ask!
demandant (Present Participle) askING
Mon Dieu! That was a work-out but I think I have them all. Hopefully we will NEVER have to go through that again?!!
Sra (aka Mme)
je dormais = I WAS sleepING, I USED TO sleep (repetitive action), I slept.
You won't see the Imperfect Subjunctive outside of literature very much. But, when you do the translation will contain the word "might" (past tense of "may," cue for Pres. Subj.)
je dormisse = that I might sleep (I'd call it not the best translation with "slept."
This exercise with "dormir" and "demander" is excellent because otherwise you might never be aware of the various translations!
je demande (usually 3 translations for the Present Indicative in English) = I ask for, I DO ask for, I AM askING for.
que je demande (Subjunctive can have various meanings, depending upon the context, but usually the word "may." = that I may ask, BUT with context it could sound like the Present Indicative, even the Future, the Infinitive!
j'ai demandé (Passé Composé also has 3 English translations usually) = I have asked, I DID ask, I askED
je demandais (L'Imparfait = usually 3 English translations) = I WAS asking, I USED to ask, I askED
je demandai (Passé Simple = usually 2 translations) = I askED, I DID ask
je demanderai (the Futur "might" have 2 but the 2nd is dying out in English) = I WILL ask, I SHALL ask
je demanderais (the Conditionnel with one) = I WOULD ask
je demandasse (Imperfect Subjunctive with one) = I MIGHT ask (for could be stated or understood)
NOTE: You didn't ask, but what about the Compound Tenses?
j'avais demandé (plus-que-parfait/Pluperect or Past Perfect Indicative) = I HAD askED
j'eus demandé (passé antérieur/Past Anterior) = I HAD askED
j'aurai demandé (futur antérieur/Future Perfect or Future Anterior) I HAVE askED
j'aurais demandé (conditionnel passé/Conditional Perfect) = I WOULD HAVE askED
j'aie demandé (passé du subjonctif/Past Subjunctive) = that I MAY HAVE askED
j'eusse demandé (plus-que-parfait du subjonctif/Pluperfect or Past Perfect Subjunctive) that I MIGHT HAVE askED
demande / demandons / demandez (L'Impératif)
ask! / let's ask!/ ask!
demandant (Present Participle) askING
Mon Dieu! That was a work-out but I think I have them all. Hopefully we will NEVER have to go through that again?!!
Sra (aka Mme)
Thank you so very much!! No, I promise, I won't put you through that again.
I have to "digest" this information now, but I think I understand it.
Encore une fois, merci beaucoup!!!
I have to "digest" this information now, but I think I understand it.
Encore une fois, merci beaucoup!!!
Il n'y a pas de quoi, mon ami!
Sra (aka Mme)
Sra (aka Mme)
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