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Flight to Arras
Flight to Arras | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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A recollection of the shattering days during World War II when, though the fall of France was imminent, a handful of French pilots continued to fight on against the Germans. Translated by Lewis Galantière.
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rabbitprincess
Pilote de guerre | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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A Pick for the actual flight parts...the more philosophical chapter toward the end was a bit on the long and boring side for me. Looking forward to lending this to a coworker to see what he thinks 😊

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rabbitprincess
Pilote de guerre | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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Now that is some hardcore subjunctive!

tournevis Passé simple in the interrogative, though. Just as hard core for sure. 6y
CouronneDhiver Yep, wow, that‘s a good one 6y
tournevis Damned, it's passé composé in the interrogative. Which makes it worse in all sorts of ways. Why? 6y
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writerlibrarian Pourquoi faire simple lorsqu'on peut faire composé. ? Conjugaison française for the win. 6y
rabbitprincess @tournevis My bad! It's been a while since I've seen this kind of verb tense in the wild 😉 @CouronneDhiver I nearly exclaimed out loud on the bus! @writerlibrarian Et la prochaine phrase utilise le conditionnel! Bizarre. 6y
writerlibrarian @rabbitprincess le premier temps est le passé conditionnel 2eme forme interrogatif et la phrase suivante est le présent conditionnel interrogatif deux temps rares et seulement aperçu dans les livres. (edited) 6y
tournevis @writerlibrarian 🤣🤣🤣🤣 6y
tournevis @rabbitprincess 🤣🤣🤣🤣 6y
tournevis @writerlibrarian @CouronneDhiver Le français, où même les exceptions ont des règles. 6y
rabbitprincess @tournevis 😂😂 hihihi 6y
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Marchpane
Flight to Arras | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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“No single event can awaken within us a stranger whose existence we had never suspected. To live is to be slowly born.â€