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An easy way of generating the simple past (past historic)
- For -er verbs, take the first person plural nous form of the present tense, omit -ons and add the following endings: -ai, -as, -a, -âmes, -âtes, -èrent.
- For -ir (both finir and dormir types - see 7.6.4 and 7.6.5) and -re verbs, take the past participle, omit the final vowel, and add the following endings: -is, -is, -it, -îmes, -îtes, -irent.
- For -oir verbs, take the past participle, omit the final vowel, and add the following endings: -us, -us, -ut, -ûmes, -ûies, -urent.
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For example:
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