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I know it's not "literary". (EDITED) Tom Send a noteboard - 13/12/2010 10:42:33 PM
What are the obscure tenses? Subjunctive imperfect? Plus-que-parfait subjunctives? Subjunctive futures? What? I'm curious to know.

EDIT: Never mind. Apparently you think the passé simple is obscure. I would venture to guess that about 50% of the verbs used in Le Rouge et Le Noir are passé simple. I don`t find it unusual at all. In fact, I think I have a problem with wanting to use it in spoken French. Je fus fatigué. Nous vinmes hier. Lût-il le livre? These are just the ones that I remember off the top of my head. Je le fis.

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Maurice Druon - The Accursed Kings Legolas - 13/12/2010 08:19:21 PM 7841 Views
Thank you for giving this review - I had forgotten the name of the author and series. Tom - 13/12/2010 09:29:59 PM 1661 Views
You're welcome (and thanks for the correction, edited). Legolas - 13/12/2010 10:23:55 PM 1687 Views
I know it's not "literary". (EDITED) Tom - 13/12/2010 10:42:33 PM 1589 Views
Subjunctive imperfect, yeah. Legolas - 13/12/2010 10:51:34 PM 1653 Views
And with regard to your edit, I don't have a problem with passé simples myself. Legolas - 13/12/2010 10:53:59 PM 2012 Views
But how can one read any French literature at all without encountering the passé simple? Tom - 15/12/2010 03:39:37 AM 1822 Views
The point is it is a "literary" tense Camilla - 15/12/2010 10:19:59 AM 1802 Views
Why would I read a lower style of book (I won't use the term "literature" to describe them) ? Tom - 16/12/2010 06:11:36 AM 1599 Views
I don't want to start a fight here, but your attitude is seriously starting to grate. Legolas - 16/12/2010 06:54:30 PM 1871 Views
I don't care. Start a fight. Tom - 16/12/2010 08:24:22 PM 1767 Views
Well, or we can have a civil debate on French culture, I suppose... also fun. Legolas - 16/12/2010 09:09:20 PM 1760 Views
Well, I'm up for that, too. Tom - 17/12/2010 05:48:39 AM 1745 Views
Good. Legolas - 17/12/2010 09:01:37 PM 2089 Views
Ah - I support the subjunctive!!! Tom - 18/12/2010 05:10:38 AM 1956 Views
TANGENT Rebekah - 18/12/2010 09:56:31 AM 1846 Views
This whole conversation is just a pile of tangents, anyway. *NM* Legolas - 18/12/2010 01:30:09 PM 846 Views
I enjoy the tangent. Tom - 21/12/2010 12:43:23 AM 1512 Views
But you don't think its disappearance corresponds to a decline in American culture? Legolas - 18/12/2010 01:29:43 PM 1735 Views
I read Der Zauberberg in English already. Tom - 21/12/2010 12:48:16 AM 1578 Views
About the passé simple, what Camilla said. As for medieval vocabulary... Legolas - 15/12/2010 07:17:44 PM 1758 Views
"Ne...point" is used in Stendhal all the time. Tom - 16/12/2010 06:08:40 AM 1650 Views
That looks like a really fascinating series. Rebekah - 13/12/2010 10:56:52 PM 1713 Views
Step up your French lessons!!! Tom - 13/12/2010 11:50:21 PM 1886 Views
That is a great reason to learn French. Legolas - 14/12/2010 07:29:54 PM 1618 Views
Re: That is a great reason to learn French. Rebekah - 14/12/2010 08:13:59 PM 1625 Views
Fancier English often turns out to be French, of course. *NM* Tom - 17/12/2010 06:41:19 PM 914 Views
Ooooh Camilla - 14/12/2010 07:41:03 PM 1545 Views
I'm really not quite sure how you managed that. Legolas - 14/12/2010 08:09:55 PM 1713 Views
Re: I'm really not quite sure how you managed that. Camilla - 14/12/2010 08:13:48 PM 1603 Views
I meant Bertière, yeah. Dumas works too, though. Legolas - 14/12/2010 08:18:30 PM 1669 Views
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