Could you explain the word “inspira” in “du naufrage qui inspira ce tableau”, which you translate as “of the shipwreck which inspired this painting“.
Should this instead be the adjective “inspiré” in the passive voice, as this is the past participle of “inspirer”?
Reading B1, Art & Design, Politics, History & Economics, Listening or Seeing B1
No, it's correct - it's the passé simple which is a past tense used mainly in literature.
If you click on the text in the exercise, you'll see a list of related grammar lessons as well as the translation. In this case there's a link to this:
Conjugate all French -er verbs - including "aller" - in the historic past (Le Passé simple)
From that lesson you can get a link that describes the passé simple in general.
Conjugate all French -er verbs - including "aller" - in the historic past (Le Passé simple)
(These are actually different links, but for some reason Kwiziq is showing the same text for both of them here. It looks correct when I edit this post.)
Could you explain the word “inspira” in “du naufrage qui inspira ce tableau”, which you translate as “of the shipwreck which inspired this painting“.
Should this instead be the adjective “inspiré” in the passive voice, as this is the past participle of “inspirer”?
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