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Le Passé Simple

Le Passé Simple. The Literary past. In conversation, the passé composé is used for actions with a definite beginning and end that occur in the past. In literature, the passé simple is used in its place. Passé compos é. Passé simple. Il a aidé la vieille dame.

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Le Passé Simple

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  1. Le Passé Simple The Literary past

  2. In conversation, the passé composé is used for actions with a definite beginning and end that occur in the past. In literature, the passé simple is used in its place. Passé composé Passé simple • Il a aidéla vieille dame. • Ilsontfinila guerre par un traité. • Je suisalléeen Angleterre. • Elle acommencé à écrire. • Ilsse sontmariés. • Louis XVI estdevenuroi en 1774. • Napoléonestnéen 1769. • La tour Eiffel aétébâtie en 1889. • Ilsontvécuheureux et onteubeaucoup d’enfants. • Il aidala vieille dame. • Ilsfinirent la guerre par un traité. • J’allaien Angleterre. • Elle commençaà écrire. • Ilsse marièrent. • Louis XVI devintroien 1774. • Napoléonnaquit en 1769. • La tour Eiffel futbâtieen 1889. • Ilsvécurentheureux et eurentbeaucoup d’enfants.

  3. The passé simple of regular verbs is formed as follows: Regular -er verbs & aller Regular -ir & -re verbs je parlai nous parlâmes tuparlasvousparlâtes ilparlailsparlèrent je donnai nous donnâmes tudonnasvousdonnâtes ildonnailsdonnèrent j’allai nous allâmes tuallasvousallâtes ilallailsallèrent je finis nous finîmes tufinisvousfinîtes ilfinitilsfinirent j’attendis nous attendîmes tuattendisvousattendîtes ilattenditilsattendirent je vendis nous vendîmes tuvendisvousvendîtes ilvenditilsvendirent

  4. Most literature is written in the 1st person singular or the 3rd person. Therefore, these forms are the most commonly used. Regular -er verbs & aller Regular -ir & -re verbs je parlainous parlâmes tuparlasvousparlâtes ilparlailsparlèrent je donnainous donnâmes tudonnasvousdonnâtes ildonnailsdonnèrent j’allainous allâmes tuallasvousallâtes ilallailsallèrent je finisnous finîmes tufinis vousfinîtes ilfinitilsfinirent j’attendisnous attendîmes tuattendisvousattendîtes ilattenditilsattendirent je vendisnous vendîmes tuvendisvousvendîtes ilvenditilsvendirent

  5. Can you name the infinitive of the verbs conjugated below and say what form (1st person singular, 3rd person singular, or 3rd person plural) is given? Passé simple conjugation Infinitive / Form 1. mangèrent 2. répondit 3. obéirent 4. travaillai 5. chanta 6. jouèrent 7. descendis 8. s’enalla 9. entendirent 10. perdit

  6. Can you name the infinitive of the verbs conjugated below and say what form (1st person singular, 3rd person singular, or 3rd person plural) is given? Passé simple conjugation Infinitive / Form 1. mangèrent 2. répondit 3. obéirent 4. travaillai 5. chanta 6. jouèrent 7. descendis 8. s’enalla 9. entendirent 10. perdit 1. manger3rd - plural 2. répondre 3rd -singular 3. obéir 3rd -plural 4. travailler 1st - singular 5. chanter 3rd -singular 6. jouer 3rd -plural 7. descendre 1st - singular 8. s’en aller 3rd -singular 9. entendre 3rd -plural 10. perdre 3rd -singular

  7. Other verbs have irregular forms in the passé simple, as follows: être: je fusilfutilsfurent avoir: j’eusileutilseurent boire: je bus il but ilsburent savoir: je susilsutilssurent pouvoir: je pus il put ilspurent devoir: je dusildutilsdurent croire: je crusilcrutilscrurent lire: je lusillutilslurent courir: je courusilcourutilscoururent recevoir: je reçusilreçutilsreçurent vivre: je vécusilvécutilsvécurent faire: je fisil fit ilsfirent voir: je visilvitilsvirent dire: je disilditilsdirent partir: je partisilpartitilspartirent sortir: je sortisilsortitilssortirent dormir: je dormisildormitilsdormirent écrire: j’écrivisilécrivitilsécrivirent naître: je naquisilnaquitilsnaquirent venir: je vinsilvintilsvinrent tenir: je tins il tint ilstinrent

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