Coffee Break French CBF To Go 2.04 | Qu’as-tu fait hier ? - What did you do yesterday?
Oct 29, 2020
Join Pierre-Benoît as he interviews locals in Nantes about their previous day. Hear a variety of responses, from mundane grocery shopping and driving practice to watching content on a tablet. Some share their challenges, like wanting to go to the cinema but being unable to. Others discuss creating family memories at home during a heatwave. There's even a tale of returning from Morocco and the thrill of moving to a new city. Plus, you'll find out how casual errands intertwine with plans and spontaneity!
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Multiple Ways To Ask About Yesterday
- French speakers commonly use multiple question forms like "Qu'as-tu fait hier ?" and "Qu'est-ce que tu as fait hier ?" to ask "What did you do yesterday?".
- The perfect tense (passé composé) is used for specific past events while the imparfait describes ongoing past states or habits.
Passé Composé Versus Imparfait
- Passé composé narrates completed events and imparfait sets the scene or background in past descriptions.
- Mark highlights the tense choice mattering for whether an action is a single event or an ongoing situation.
Driving Lesson And Groceries
- A woman explains she went for a driving lesson, returned home, did grocery shopping and put the groceries away.
- She used verbs like "aller" with être and "faire les courses" to describe those actions.