Hello
Could you please explain why the pronoun 'en' is used in this phrase? I am having difficulty recognising when to use en and what it means in this context. Thanks.
....et en acceptèrent la langue
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Hello
Could you please explain why the pronoun 'en' is used in this phrase? I am having difficulty recognising when to use en and what it means in this context. Thanks.
....et en acceptèrent la langue
Hi Mary,
"Les Gaulois adoptèrent la culture romaine et en acceptèrent la langue"
As I understand it: Les Gaulois adopted the roman culture and language and accepted both.
So "en" is expressing "of it" (de cela) that is the culture, including the language.
Hope this helps.
Jim
Hello
Could you please explain why the pronoun 'en' is used in this phrase? I am having difficulty recognising when to use en and what it means in this context. Thanks.
....et en acceptèrent la langue
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Hi, the text seems to sometimes, but not that often, use the Passé Simple (e.g. from the text: adoptèrent, acceptèrent).
I know that this tense is used almost exclusively in written, as opposed to spoken, French. Do you have any other guidelines on when this tense is invoked, as it seems to be used only occasionally even in a single piece of written French.
Bonjour Brian,
Le Passé Simple is, just like Chris mentioned, a tense used in literary work. It is used for storytelling. For example, French people would use it for historical accounts, literature or journalistic accounts. It is also used in many French children storybooks (French kids spent a lot of time studying the differences between narrating stories with Le Présent de narration or Le Passé Simple - the effects it has on the story etc ;-) )
See links here: the-french-simple-past-le-passe-simple - passe-simple - Tenses/le-passe-simple
I hope this is helpful.
Bonne journée !
There are whole books written in simple past. It is a more literary tense. Don‘t know what else to say about it. You certainly don‘t use it in everyday speech.
Hi, the text seems to sometimes, but not that often, use the Passé Simple (e.g. from the text: adoptèrent, acceptèrent).
I know that this tense is used almost exclusively in written, as opposed to spoken, French. Do you have any other guidelines on when this tense is invoked, as it seems to be used only occasionally even in a single piece of written French.
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Hi Martina,
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Méli-mélo: never seen that word before. Kwiziq is very helpful with strengthening my French vocabulary. Thank you.
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