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obsidian sluiceBOT
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jade vale
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What’s the text you wrote? It’s hard to know why “il a dit” would be wrong without more context. Would using “he said” where you used “il a dit” be wrong if you were writing the same text in English?

desert marsh
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Just to add, did your teacher mark « il a dit » or did they mark « il a dit que » ? In English, conjunctions can be dropped but in French they are mandatory. I often see English learners saying something like « Il a dit elle avait tort » when it should be « Il a dit **qu’**elle avait tort. »
Again, it’s optional in English (he said she was wrong/he said that she was wrong) but mandatory in French.

elder kayak
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We had to write a text about a book, which also quotes the speech of Charles de Gaulles. So i wrote il a dit in a summary. I think my problem is, that i dont know if you can use the passé compose, which signalises the indirect speech in a summary

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But also, why couldnt you use it, when the speech of Charles de Gaulles in Ludwigsburg happened in the past. I would understand if you need to use the présent in a summary when writing about actions in the book, but the speech was a real thing that happened (?)

jade vale
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Do you have an example of one or more full sentences you wrote where "il a dit" was marked as wrong?

elder kayak
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Dans son discours, il a dit que la prochaine génération vivait avec plus de développements scientifiques.

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Je dois écrire "Dans son discours, il dit que la prochaine génération vivait avec plus de développements scientifiques."

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Un autre example: Il a ajouté que les gens francais et allemands doivent se connaître et faire des amitiés pour créer un meilleur coopération entre les deux pays.

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She also marked il a ajouté

desert marsh
elder kayak
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Idk, i will just ask her tomorrow then. She'll probably tell me sum shit and then add nothing to it like everytime