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Le Café des flamants roses, le jardin des licornes

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ElderlyPerson Thu 29-Jul-21 14:58:43

www.thoughtco.com/dire-to-say-tell-1370149

So it seems that

dit-elle

is needed for the spider speaking in the past historic.

I think.

MawBe Wed 28-Jul-21 22:39:27

There was absolutely no connection with the thread and the link in blue was a bit of giveaway hmm

ElderlyPerson Wed 28-Jul-21 22:34:07

Ah, I had not followed the link as not being a girl I thought it meant it was a forum for girl students to chat with each other.

MawBe Wed 28-Jul-21 21:46:54

No EP it was a spam post - no reflection on the thread.

ElderlyPerson Wed 28-Jul-21 21:36:26

Why? It is a harmless thread.

MawBe Wed 28-Jul-21 21:22:58

Reported - yawn

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ElderlyPerson Wed 28-Jul-21 14:41:49

Merci.

Ellianne Wed 28-Jul-21 12:55:34

ElderlyPerson

So, as it is a dream, if the spider speaks, which tense is to be used for what the spider says, given that the main story is in the past historic please?

I'm guessing if you put his words in inverted commas the spider can speak normally (!) and just follow it with répondit-il in the PH.

ElderlyPerson Wed 28-Jul-21 12:20:44

So, as it is a dream, if the spider speaks, which tense is to be used for what the spider says, given that the main story is in the past historic please?

ElderlyPerson Tue 27-Jul-21 11:16:04

I have now found these, as a start.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preterite

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preterite#French

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pass%C3%A9_simple

ElderlyPerson Tue 27-Jul-21 10:59:30

www.gransnet.com/forums/chat/1299051-Le-Caf-des-flamants-roses-allons-nous-crire-une-histoire-au-pass-historique

ElderlyPerson Tue 27-Jul-21 10:55:58

Here is a garden for discussing the story The Forest of the Unicorns in English.

The idea is that the story is written in French in the past historic tense.

Yet first, some of us will need to learn or relearn the past historic tense.

Perhaps some others who know will remind us please.