When is passé simple used?
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Merrilyn M.Kwiziq community member
When is passé simple used?
This question relates to:French lesson "Conjugate regular French -dre verbs in the historic past in French (Le Passé Simple)"
Asked 7 years ago
Nicholas D.Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Only in written french instead of the passé composé, books, newspapers etc. Can be useful to sidestep all the pesky agreement rules in the passé composé.
AurélieKwiziq team member
@Merrilyn
Here is a link to our glossary article on Passé Simple:
https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/revision/glossary/verb-tense-mood/the-french-simple-past-le-passe-simple
@Nicholas
That's an interesting point of view, I never thought of that :)
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