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Learning the French Language  •  Downloadable and Print Versions

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L'histoire de la France jusqu'en 1700.

[edit] G: Interrogative Pronouns

[edit] G: Passé Simple of Regular Verbs

Unlike English, there is a literary past tense, used when writing formally. This past tense is the passé simple. It is relatively simple to predict when to use this tense: for every occurrence of the passé composé in conversational French, one simply uses the passé simple in literary French. Note that the passé simple is not a composed tense, and therefore does not have an auxiliary verb like the passé composé does.


[edit] Formation

To conjugate in this tense, one finds the stem and appends the following, as according to the table:

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Flag of France.svg The Simple Past Flag of La Francophonie.svg Le passé simple
Subject Ending Conjugated Verb English
Je -ai Je dansai. I danced.
Tu -as Tu dansas. You danced.
Il -a Il dansa. He danced.
Nous -âmes Nous dansâmes. We danced
Vous -âtes Vous dansâtes. You danced.
Ils -èrent Ils dansèrent. They danced.

[edit] Regular Normally-Irregular Verbs

The following verbs are irregular in the present indicative, but are regular in their passé simple stems.

Infinitive Stem Je...
-ir verbs
dormir dorm dormis
partir part partis
sentir sent sentis
servir serv servis
sortir sort sortis
-rir Verbs
couvrir couvr couvris
découvrir découvr découvris
offrir offr offris
ouvrir ouvr ouvris
souffrir souffr souffris
-re Verbs
combattre combatt combattis
rompre romp rompis
suivre suiv suivis

Exercises
Complétez les phrases suivantes en conjuguant les verbes au passé simple:
1. J'_____ (entrer) dans le tour.
2. Tout d'un coup, mon ami ____ (tomber).
3. Nous _________ (monter) l'éscalier.
4. Je _____ (dire) aux professeurs qu'il _______ (regarder) la télé.
5. Ils t'_______ (offrir) le plat, et tu le _______ (laisser) tomber.

[edit] V: Farming and Peasant Life

[edit] V: Noble Life

[edit] V: The King

[edit] V: The Renaissance

[edit] V: The Reformation


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Introductory : 0.01 Introduction • 0.02 Learning French • 0.03 The Alphabet • 0.04 Accents • 0.05 Greetings • 0.06 Formal Speech • 0.07 How are you? • 0.08 Numbers • 0.09 Dates • 0.10 Telling Time • Review • Test
Level One : 1.01 Basic Grammar • 1.02 To Be • 1.03 Description • 1.04 Family • 1.05 Recreation • 1.06 The House • 1.07 Weather • 1.08 Travel • 1.09 Art • 1.10 Science • Test
Level Two : 2.01 School • 2.02 Culture • 2.03 Shopping • 2.04 Going out • 2.05 Transportation • 2.06 Everyday Life • 2.07 Rural Life • 2.08 Food and Drink • 2.09 Dining • 2.10 Communication • Test
Level Three : 3.01 Vacations • 3.02 Work • 3.03 Health • 3.04 Money • 3.05 Youth • 3.06 Adolescence • 3.07 Ancient History • 3.08 Revolution! • 3.09 Modern France • 3.10 Current Events • Test
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