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Franco le Suedois · 03-27-2006, 06:24 PM

Only thing in that sentence that might look wrong is that you call it "perfect past infinitive" when it is called "perfect infinitive" in the rest of the text. Does it matter?

EDIT: I thought a little more about this line "The perfect infinitive must be used after the preposition (après)"
Does this mean that the perfect infinitive only exists after aprés, or that when there is aprés, it has to be used?
If the first then I might have come up with an example that goes against your statement (not sure though).

What about this?
Je voulais seulement être vu comme une personne bien.

What do you think? Isn't the action "voulais" prior to "être vu" in time?

03-27-2006, 06:24 PM	#4 (permalink)
Franco le Suedois Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Göteborg et Port Saint Louis du Rhone Posts: 46 Franco le Suedois came out of the blue	Only thing in that sentence that might look wrong is that you call it "perfect past infinitive" when it is called "perfect infinitive" in the rest of the text. Does it matter? EDIT: I thought a little more about this line "The perfect infinitive must be used after the preposition (après)" Does this mean that the perfect infinitive only exists after aprés, or that when there is aprés, it has to be used? If the first then I might have come up with an example that goes against your statement (not sure though). What about this? Je voulais seulement être vu comme une personne bien. What do you think? Isn't the action "voulais" prior to "être vu" in time? Last edited by Franco le Suedois; 03-27-2006 at 06:32 PM.
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