LITERARY TENSES
FRENCH GRAMMAR
LITERARY TENSES
LE PASSE SIMPLE / HISTORIC PAST –DEFINITE PAST
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Construction: add -ai, -as, -ames, -ates, -erent to -er verbs; -is, -is, -it, -tmes-, -rtes, irentto -irand -reverbs.
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Use:in formal and literary writing in the same way the passé composé is used in informal writing, newspapers, and conversation.
LE PASSE ANTERIEUR / PAST AN
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Construction:passé simple of avoiror être+ pastparticiple
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Use:in formal writing, corresponds to the plus-que-parfait
