French Language Grammar and Pronunciation Glossary
Literary Tense
Temps littéraire
| Definition | One of 5 French tenses/moods that are reserved for literary, historical, and other formal writing. | |||
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| Examples | Je fus heureux que tu eusses vu Luc. | I was happy that you saw Luc. | ||
| Ce fut dommage qu'il ne fusse pas venu à Paris. | It's too bad that he didn't come to Paris. | |||
| Synonyms | Temps historique, temps de la narration, historical tense, narrative tense | |||
| Misspellings | temps litteraire, litéraire, literaire | |||
| Lessons | Literary tenses - Verb timeline | |||
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