When is passé simple used?

Merrilyn M.C1Kwiziq 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

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Nicholas D.C1Kwiziq 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.

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AurélieKwiziq Head of French, Native French Teacher

@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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When is passé simple used?

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