Le Passe Simple
Description
past historic, only used in written language
completed action in the past
a new action that interrupted another action already in progress
Conjugation
verb+ending
-ER | -IR | -RE | avoir | etre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Je | -ai | -is | -is | eus | fus |
Tu | -as | -is | -is | eus | fus |
Il/Elle | -a | -it | -it | eut | fut |
Nous | -âmes | -îmes | -îmes | eûmes | fûmes |
Vous | -âtes | -îtes | -îtes | eûtes | fûtes |
Ils/Elles | -èrent | -irent | -irent | eurent | furent |
verb ending in -oir: irregular
verb ending in -cer: -çer
verb ending in -ger: -geai