Past tense
When speaking in the past tense, does one always use (e.g. I have spoken; J'ai parlé)?
In Spanish one can use "hablé" or "he hablado" - is it different for French.
I'm a beginner so thank you for helping.
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Yes. Both "hablé" and "he hablado" would be translated as 'J'ai parlé'. There is a difference between the French past tenses and Spanish ones - or between French past tenses and English ones, for that matter.
In English we can say either 'I spoke' or 'I've spoken' for a past action, depending on the context, and in Spanish you have either "hablé" or "he hablado". Both of these forms can be used daily speech and writing.
This is not the case in French. In everyday French, you can only translate these forms as the 'passé composé' : 'J'ai parlé'. The equivalent form to the past simple ( hablé or I spoke) is 'Je parlai'. This is the passé simple, but it is a very formal tense which is only used in literary texts. It is never used in spoken or everyday French.
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like in english and spanish languages there is many past tenses but this forme is usually used.
As with spanish language (for example) , we use auxiliar verbe (have- ter - avoir) + past partciple (participado = hablado)
I hope that can help you
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