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On Duolingo with the phrase "We've worked at this bakery since twenty eleven."
It doesn't accept 私たちは２０１１年からこのパン屋で働いていました. It says the correct answer is
私たちは2011年からこのパン屋で働いています

Why can't I use 働いていました?
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phrases tense sentence aspect
Why "We've worked" can't be in the past?
My understanding of the English _" we **have worked** at `[place]` since
`[time]`"_ is that it describes an ongoing period -- the speaker began working
there at `[time]`, and **still works there**. If the speaker no longer worked
there, I would expect them to say _" we **had worked** "_ or even just _" we
**worked** "_ instead.

Because the speaker **still works there** , the Japanese phrase 「働【はたら】いていました」
is incorrect, since that ～てい(まし)た phrasing puts the action firmly in the past,
as a completed event -- much like the English _" we **[had] worked** "_.
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