French Poem - Tristesse by Alfred de Musset

Slow reading of this poem is also available on my channel. Improve your French pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary by listening to this French Poem: Tristesse (Sadness) by Alfred de Musset (1810-1857). The video includes bilingual text in French (original text) and English (word for word translation), as well as grammar and vocabulary notes. Grammaire -- Grammar Le passé composé -- The « compound past » avoir au présent simple participe passé -- to have in simple present past participle j’ai perdu -- I lost j’ai connu -- I knew j’ai compris -- I understood ils ont tout ignoré -- they ignored everything être au présent simple participe passé -- to be in simple present past participle ils se sont passés d’elle -- They did/lived without it/her je suis venu(e) -- I came (in general, add ’e’ at the end of adjectives or past participles for a woman/feminine noun)