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[dire rune]

I can't help with the image because I don't understand it, but to clear up any confusion, the present third-person conjugaison for entendre is il / elle / on entend.
The phrase on entendit is le passé simple. Does that help you?

[stiff barn]

Maybe it's because « phrase simple » just implies one conjugated verb?

[timid jacinth]

I wonder why this sentence is subordonné rather than a phrase simple

[timid jacinth]

I can link you the youtube vidéo if you want to

[stiff barn]

Sure

[timid jacinth]

the vidéo will make it more clear im sure

[stiff barn]

Perhaps the sentence could be deconstructed to become « On entendit qu'ils discutaient en bas » and thus that's why it's subordonnée

but that makes no sense

[timid jacinth]

https://youtu.be/OCG2CpvUQeo?si=jiK0vkI_G_xKKsO0

My question starts from 7:14

[dire rune]

Have you read the comments to see if anyone else had your question? Maybe it was answered there?

[stiff barn]

Oh, he explains it actually. « Cette question est un énorme piège. Vous voyez qu'on ne trouve qu'un seul verbe conjugué mais pourtant il s'agit bien d'une phrase complexe avec subordination. C'est plus précisément une subordonnée infinitive, une proposition très particulière dont on pourra reparler dans un instant. (This question is a big trap. You see that there is only one conjugated verb but nevertheless it's a matter of a complex sentence with subordination. It's more precisely an infinitive subordination, a very specific clause that we'll be able to talk about again in an instant.) »

He explains it in this video which is linked in the description.

[timid jacinth]

you also thought that this is a phrase simple right ?

yeah i will watch that video too thank you for clarifying and your help guys

and by the way,that was the only one i got wrong out of 11 questions

😞