bobthenerd10

[grim pasture]

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[chrome narwhal]

Im talking about just casual french btw

it makes sense that the pqp would be mandatory for formal french ;;xx fhskfhs

[brazen oriole]

I guess in informal french they can be

but i couldn't tell in what circumstances

[crisp gazelle]

I suppose it can happen with opinion verbs where it can either be the main clause to a subordinate – thus following concordance des temps (I just woke up so the English translation escapes me) – or a sort of interjection. These would be verbs like « croire, penser, sembler ».
« Je croyais qu’elle était sortie de chez elle à 17h. »
« Elle est sortie de chez elle à 17h, je croyais. »

But with a reporting verb like « dire, informer » I don’t think it can happen?

[chrome narwhal]

ohhh got it!

[chrome narwhal]

is it alright if you give me an example of how it would sound as an interjection? (or is that what the latter example is?)

interesting that it's only for some verbs!

[crisp gazelle]

Yeah that’s the latter example

[crisp gazelle]

Some verbs can be used as an interjection yeah

It happens in English too:
‘I think (that) she’s right’
‘She’s right, I think.’

The way you can tell is if you can delete it without a misunderstanding

[chrome narwhal]

huhh, ive generally interpreted the comma (when used like that) to be like an inverter for the clauses

but when doing that, ive never interpreted the inverted clause to be an interjection, interesting!

[chrome narwhal]

anyway ignoring the comma-interjection thing, aah alright!!