Could you please elaborate on the difference between the usage of Le Passé Composé and Passé Simple

Mintoo R.C1Kwiziq community member

Could you please elaborate on the difference between the usage of Le Passé Composé and Passé Simple

Asked 6 years ago
Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Hi Mintoo,

this question has been elaborated on many times already. There are great examples and discussions on this topic on the internet, if you google the question. I suspect these are more helpful than my reposting what has already been said several times. 

Try these for a start:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passé_simple

https://french.stackexchange.com/questions/9/différence-entre-le-passé-simple-et-le-passé-composé

 

-- Chris. 

Could you please elaborate on the difference between the usage of Le Passé Composé and Passé Simple

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