Le Passé simple

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf French literary tense
gptkbp:conjugationType irregular
regular
gptkbp:contrastsWith passé composé
gptkbp:correspondsTo preterite (in Spanish)
simple past (in English)
gptkbp:example Il parla
Ils vendirent
Nous finîmes
gptkbp:expressedIn completed actions in the past
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Le Passé simple
gptkbp:primaryUse written French
gptkbp:rareIn spoken French
gptkbp:replacedBy passé composé (in spoken French)
gptkbp:taughtAt French schools
gptkbp:tenseOf indicative mood
gptkbp:usedBy author
historians
journalists
gptkbp:usedFor narrative past
gptkbp:usedIn French language
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Caroline_Bongrand
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7