FREN 1020 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Town Crier, Chaise, Relative Pronoun
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Unit 3: la narration, les discours directs, les discours indirects, discours directs. A direct citation of what one said. Quotes = (called gillemets") and (called tirets) *rules are totally not like english* In french, commentary is inside the quotes ex. Salut, a dit chritophe, comment-vas tu? = literally hey, said christopher, how are you? but the grammar rules in english require: hey, said christopher how are you? . * the (quotes) go around the entire conversation. (dashes aka tirets") mark when the speaker changes, and there are no quotes with the dashes. Comme ci comme a! r pond manon ( = i"m okay, manon responded ) Que fais tu ce week-end? ( = what are you doing this weekend? - response from first person who initially asked how manon was doing) Colon before the quotes when starting a conversation ex. Paul a dit bonjour manon et lui a demand comment elle allait = paul said hi to.