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était fermé vs a fermé
The book that I'm studying French from always translates "The door was shut" as "La porte était fermée" instead of "La porte a fermée". Why so? Also, what would be the translation of using "était ...
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Imparfait vs. passé composé for “devoir”?
I'm completely clear on the different uses of the two tenses, except for pretty much this one verb.
Can I get some different examples, with translations, of when you would say Il devait as opposed to ...
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