Passé simple

The Passé simple ( also Passé défini ) is a French form of the past time, which occurs almost exclusively in written language, and ( like the Italian passato remoto or the Passover definitive Ladin ) from the Latin Perfect arose. The use is - apart from the written form - similar to the Passé composé of.

Use of the passé simple

  • If within an uncompleted action punctual actions are inserted, which have their financial statements found:
  • After " quand " ( Lorsque ) in the sense of "as":
  • At iterations completed:

Simple application of the imparfait and the passé

The imparfait expresses an unfinished, ongoing act. The Passé simple expresses an inserted in this ongoing action punctual, completed action from:

Simple application of the Passé antérieur and the Passé

In addition to the Plus - que- parfait, you can also use the Passé antérieur expressed the Vorvergangenheit. The Passé antérieur is from the passé simple of avoir or être and the participle formed passé of the verb in question.

The Passé antérieur is mostly in subordinate clauses that are introduced by conjunctions such as dès que, après que, quand or Lorsque. The Passé simple is the main clause.

Since the Passé simple mostly in narrative texts or historical accounts is used, the forms of the 3rd person singular and plural are most common. The regular verbs in-er form the passé simple in -a and- erent. The regular verbs ending in -ir and - dre make it on -it/-irent. Wherein the irregular verbs, there are two groups. The one is the Passé simple to -it/-irent and the other on -ut/-urent.

There are also verbs with special shapes such as avoir: il eut / ils Eurent; être: il fut / ils furent and venir: il vint / ils vinrent

Example: a) Group 1 - he verbs:

  • Depending cherch - ai
  • Tu cherch - as
  • Il, elle cherch - a
  • Nous cherch - âmes
  • Vous cherch - Ates
  • Ils, elles cherch - Erent

B ) Group 2 - re verbs and - ir verbs:

  • Depending répond - is or ever find - is
  • Répond tu - tu is or fin - is
  • Il, elle répond - it or il, elle fin - it
  • Nous répond - IMES or nous fin - IMES
  • Vous répond - ITES or vous fin - ITES
  • Ils, elles répond - iRent or ils, elles fin - iRent

C ) Group 3 - oir verbs:

  • Il, elle VoUl - ut
  • Nous VoUl - UMES
  • Vous VoUl - Utes
  • Ils, elles VoUl - urent

D) Group ' auxiliaires ':

  • être: the - lint = dt I was
  • Avoir: j ' - eus = dt I got
  • Get more: the - sus = dt I learned
  • Devoir: the - mode = dt I had
  • Fair: the - fis = dt I made

E) Group ' Irréguliers ':

  • Venir: per - vins or nous - vînmes
  • Tenir: the - tin or nous - tînmes
  • Voir: the - vis or nous - Vimes
  • Vivre: the - vécus or nous - vécûmes
  • Recevoir: per - reçus or nous - reçûmes
  • S'asseoir: per - m'assis or nous nous - Assimes
  • Mourir: per - mourus or nous - mourûmes

Aorist · Habituativ / In habitat · · perfective imperfective · · continuative in the perfect

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