Breakdown of Il aurait choisi autrement pour avoir beaucoup de temps libre.
il
he
libre
free
pour
for
avoir
to have
beaucoup de
a lot of / many
le temps
the time
choisir
to choose
autrement
differently
Questions & Answers about Il aurait choisi autrement pour avoir beaucoup de temps libre.
How is the past conditional formed in aurait choisi?
The past conditional uses the same helper verb (avoir or être) that a verb takes in the passé composé. Because choisir uses avoir in the past tense, you simply put avoir into the present conditional tense (aurait) and add the past participle (choisi).
Could I use différemment instead of autrement here?
Why is the second verb, avoir, left in its unconjugated infinitive form?
In French, when you use a preposition like pour to express a goal or reason (meaning in order to), the verb that immediately follows it must stay in the infinitive. So, pour avoir translates to in order to have.
Why do we say beaucoup de temps and not beaucoup du temps?
This is a great rule to remember: after adverbs of quantity like beaucoup (a lot), trop (too much), or assez (enough), you always use the unmodified preposition de or d'. You drop the definite article (le, la, or les), so it is strictly beaucoup de temps.
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