C1

Simple Past (Passat Simple)

Passat Simple

About this concept

Literary past tense (cantí, cantares, cantà, cantàrem, cantàreu, cantaren) used in formal writing and literature. Replaced by periphrastic past in speech. Essential for reading Catalan literature.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~45 cards at level C1.

Examples

Arribà a la ciutat al capvespre.He arrived at the city at dusk.
Escrigueren una carta al rei.They wrote a letter to the king.
Visqué tota la vida a Mallorca.He lived his whole life in Mallorca.

Prerequisite

Periphrastic Past (Passat Perifràstic)A2

Concepts that build on this

Medieval and Literary CatalanC2

More C1 concepts

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