Verb

Indicative tenses: passé simple

This time refers to accomplished activities that took place in the distant past. We only use it in writing, there is no use in spoken language. Many forms of this tense are irregular. Formation:

1st group (parler):

	singulier	pluriel
1	parlai	parlâmes
2	parlas	parlâtes
3	parla	parlèrent

2nd group (finir):

	singulier	pluriel
1	finis	finîmes
2	finis	finîtes
3	finit	finirent

in the 3rd group it is formed irregularly. Most popular irregular forms :

Verb être:

	singulier	pluriel
1	fus	fûmes
2	fus	fûtes
3	fut	furent

Other irregular verbs:
avoir - eus, eus, eut, eûmes, eûmes, eurent
faire - fis, fis, fit, fîmes, fîtes, firent
mettre - mis, mis, mit, mîmes, mîtes, mirent
devoir - dus, dus, dut, dûmes, dûtes, durent
pouvoir - pus, pus, put, pûmes, pûtes, purent
venir - vins, vins, vint, vînmes, vîntes, vinrent
More verbs : dire - dis, voir - vis, savoir - sus, prendre - pris, tenir - tins, vivre - vécus, croire - crus.
Verbs partir, sortir, sentir are conjugated in this tense like finir.
Verbs in -ndre have -ndis : rendre - rendis.