Il nous a tous
abandonnés il y a des années, et on n’a plus jamais eu aucune nouvelle.
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He left us all years ago, and we've never heard from him since.
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marina • 20729
10 months, 2 weeks ago
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He left us all years ago, and we'd never heard from him since.
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marina • 20729
10 months, 1 week ago
Discussion
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by Merlin57 10 months, 1 week agoYou're right. The same goes in French :-) ."on n'avait plus eu..."
by marina 10 months, 1 week agoMarina, I just realised, now that Frédéric knows his father is dead, he would say: He left us all years ago, and we'd never heard from him since.
by Merlin57 10 months, 1 week agoWE'D - because now there is an exact time frame that is being referred to, from when he was five up until the father's death.
You would only use 'we've' if he knew or assumed that his father was still alive.