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To Daudet the choice of proper names was always a matter for careful consideration. On the Tarasque cf. note to 325. 1 2 il y a ... de cela: 'that was ... ago, lit. 'there are ... from that. 1 3 je m'en souviens: 'I remember it. Se souvenir de quelque chose, hence s'en souvenir (en replacing de + a pronoun); cf. changer de chanson, en changer 7 5, revenir de l
5 29 il partait: 'he used to set out. 5 32 Aussi: aussi at the beginning of a sentence or phrase is usually to be rendered 'and so, 'therefore. With this aussi (as with some other adverbs) the word-order is verb pronoun; hence reconnaissent-ils. Cf. 24 12, 41 20;
This error is common in the speech of the uneducated classes. n'me: the e of ne is omitted as in conversational French. Se is used as a reciprocal pronoun several times in this paragraph. 7 4 depuis ... chantent 'in all the time that they have been singing them to one another. Chantent is present tense with depuis. 7 5 en changer: cf. note to 1 3. 7 6 n'y touche: cf. note to 2 29.
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