Sequence of Tenses

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About this concept

Advanced tense relationships in complex sentences: tense shifts in reported speech, narrative perspective changes, and temporal anchoring.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~40 cards at level C1.

Han sagde, at han ville komme, når han havde spist.He said he would come when he had eaten.

Hvis hun havde vidst, at han var kommet...If she had known that he had come...

De troede, at vi allerede var gået.They thought we had already left.

Jeg vidste ikke, at du havde boet her.I didn't know you had lived here.

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