In the following proposals
Et si on faisait un pique-nique?
I do not understand why an author uses imparfait, whereas in the sentence
On pourrait aller dans la forêt
as you can see conditionnel présent is used.
Please explain
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Et si on faisait un pique-nique?
I do not understand why an author uses imparfait, whereas in the sentence
On pourrait aller dans la forêt
as you can see conditionnel présent is used.
Please explain
In your first example, the use of imparfait comes because of the si. Let's continue the example:
Si on faisait un pique-nique, on mangerait bien.
Si introduces a condition, and thus should always be followed by imparfait. And then, the next verb is conditionnel.