"Je m'habillais toujours avec ses vêtements."
Translation:I always used to dress in her clothes.
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Reported Mar 2021, as it's impossible to hear any difference -《ces》and《ses》are homophones!
I had the same question. How to distinguish between these two sentences when hearing them?
I think this could refer to a girl dressing up in her mother's clothes. Or possibly a retired Psycho.
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Is "avec" the preposition used with all types of clothes in this particular sentence structure? Pull, jupe, pantalon, robe, chemise? Or is another french prep sometimes used, and if so, under what specifics?
This is another example of Duolingo's inconsistency. Instead of being translated as "I always dressed in her clothes", it was translated as "I always used to dress in her clothes." Why is "used to" acceptable here and not other places where the Imparfait form of the verb is used.
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Uhm, are you sure you don't have it backwards? Imparfait is typically translated with either "used to" or "were ...ing" as far as I know. But in this sentence the "always" makes "dressed" also correct. Because of "always" it is already clear that it was a habit.
Je visitais ma grand-mère. = I used to visit my grandmother. J'ai visité ma grand-mère. = I visited my grandmother.
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I can't hear the final syllable of "m'habillais" being spoken, just a slightly extended ...lle, as if the verb was present tense.
That's correct. Otherwise you can't distinguish it from "je m'habillai" (Simple Past tense).
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Why can't you teach us in standard family language without putting silly slants on it?
