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je racontai

told, related

→ raconter
racont to tell, to recount + ai je-form simple past
verb · 1st-person singular, past tense Rare #40,433
told, related This is the passé simple, used mainly in literary and written narratives.
FR: Je lui racontai une histoire.
EN: I told him a story.
Conjugation of raconter
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First racontai —
Third raconta —

Au déjeuner, me sentant en forme, je racontai mes années de jeune médecin.

At lunch, feeling well, I told them about my years as a young doctor.

— Les Fraises sauvages (1957)

Obsédé par mon aventure, je la racontai tout au long.

Obsessed with my adventure, I recounted it in full.

Une fois de plus, je racontai ce qui m’était arrivé.

Once again, I told them what had happened to me.

Je racontai ce qui m’était arrivé.

I told them what had happened to me.

Je leur racontai ce que j’avais vu à L’Auberge au bout des étoiles.

I told them what I had seen at The Inn at the End of the Stars.

Je racontai une histoire amusante aux enfants.

I told the children a funny story.