Re: French question -- tenses

>
> je mange la cane, et c'est si bonne.
> For what in English would be expressed:
> I *ate* the duck, and it *was* so good.
>
I'm only a student of french, but remember that present tense can be
translated 3 ways: "I blank, I am blanking, and I do blank"

I would therefore translate the sentence (given the lack of context)

I do eat (cane?) and it is so good.

Meaning it's something he/she does on a regular basis. The do can be
eliminated in english:
I eat cane, and [when I do,] it is so good!

Makes perfect sense to me.

But I dunno. I'm only studying french :)

-Axiem