FR: I was happy that I was wearing

[johnp]

If you want to say in French "I was happy that I was wearing" do you say "J'étais heureux que je portasses" or "que je portais" or present subjunctive "que je porte" ? Merci beaucoup!

 

[sophievm]

En fait on dirait "j'étais heureux de porter"

 

[AurélienD]

Because some tenses are really ugly, heavy and complicated, French people tend to use it less than before, like l'imparfait du subjonctif.

So, we would rather say this : "J'étais heureux de porter ..."

 

[johnp]

Merci beaucoup!

 

[sophievm]

But if you want to know which subjunctive tense you should have used in a similar context (like "He was happy that I was wearing...") => it would be "portât"

 

[julieb01]

You must use the subjonctive if there are two different subjects :
I was happy that I was wearing ... : j'était heureux de porter ...
I was happy that he was wearing ... : j'étais heureuse qu'il porte ...