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Indicatif, impératif, subjonctif…

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I was going to (do something but)

How do you say I "was going to" (some verb), but something came up? J'étais en train de? I know that is not exactly what I mean to say, because it suggests being in the middle of something, while …
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Does French have modal verbs?

I was reading about English modal verbs a few days ago, and on the same page the author pointed out that the French don't have modal verbs. Fair enough. They don't have the equivalent of our "shall" …
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