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French · Chapter 29 · Lesson 14 · Grammar primer

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The other half of indirect speech: il m'a demande si je venais, elle a demande ou j'habitais, qu'est-ce que becomes ce que - est-ce que and inversion both disappear - and an order becomes de + infinitive: il m'a dit de partir.

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