Merci, Pearl ! Je vais montrer cette vidéo à mes élèves. Je leur apprends en ce moment la construction "aimer + infinitif" et je veux leur faire entrer cette règle dans la tête.
This has helped but the reason I searched what I searched into RU-vid, was me seeing this indicative imparfait example “ Je pensais que tu devais travailler ce soir. “ Here in this example the verbs penser et devoir are conjugated ., Is this because they are not directly next to each other so it’s okay or is this example I found online incorrect ?
What I have never understood is how the verb endings in French have survived over the years when most of the people were illiterate. Just take a word like "donner". There are about a dozen ways to conjugate the verb which all sound exactly the same. How does an illiterate person know which spelling applies to what is said, when it's not spoken?