le passé simple : the simple past tense (grammar)
The French passé simple is used only in writing, to refer to completed events in the past: "He sang, they spoke", etc. For example: il chanta, elles parlèrent, etc.
Il marcha, c'est le verbe aller au passé simple.
- "J’ai peur du passé, du présent, du futur, du passé simple et du plus-que-parfait du subjonctif."
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