past historic tense
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past historic tense
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A tense used in some languages (such as French and Italian) in narrative, and in spoken language primarily when reading narrative or in storytelling, for completed actions in the past or in speaking of the deceased.
Contrary to the frequently-heard contention that the past historic tense is used in writing but more rarely in spoken French, there are only nine instances of this tense, of which seven occur in the speech genres of FRNACO.
Similar: past historic, preterite tense
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noun tense
| Español | pretérito |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 単純過去 tanjun-kako, 遠過去 en-kako |
| Português | pretérito perfeito |
| Français | passé simple |
| Italiano | passato remoto |
| Русский | прошедшее историческое время prošedšeje istoričeskoje vremja |
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