THIS LESSON IS INCLUDED IN JENNIFER’S FRENCH COURSE FOR SELF-LEARNERS Level A2 – French Imperfect Tense 🎯 Using the imparfait and the passé composé together We were reading the magazine. 🎯 Expressions that imply repetition or habitual actions in the past autrefois 👉 These verbs just look FUNNY in the imperfect. 👉 The present tense NOUS form has a spelling change that remains in the imperfect. 🎯 ÊTRE conjugation in the imperfect I was 👉 ÊTRE is the only verb that doesn’t end in -ONS in the present tense. 👉 Pourquoi? What is the present tense NOUS form of être? We are 🎯 ÊTRE is the only irregular verb stem in the imparfait. The JE – TU – IL – ILS endings sound exactly the same. 🎯 French imperfect tense endings chart (JE) verb + AIS Find the NOUS form of the verb, take off the -ONS, and there you have your stem.To form the stem to which you will add the imperfect endings, you need to know the present tense NOUS form of the verb in question.👉 Besides the verb ÊTRE, what are the last three letters of all verbs in the present tense NOUS form? -ONS 👉 There is only ONE irregular verb stem in the imparfait: ÊTRE J’ai attrapé un cricket et je l’ai mangé! 🎯 Remember, the passé composé is used to give a sequence of events that had specific beginnings and endings. Pendant l’été j’allais toujours chez ma grand-mère,Īnd we would always climb to the top of a tree and spy on people.Įt nous grimpions toujours en haut d’un arbre pour espionner des gens. In the summer I used to always go to my grandmother’s house, These are not things that only happened once or twice. 🎯 Also use the imparfait to express what you used to do. Use the imparfait to say someone was doing something. When I got in there, it was dark and I was afraid,ĭISCOVER MORE RESOURCES TO ACCOMPANY THIS LESSON 🎯 When exactly should you use the French imperfect tense? Je ne voulais vraiment pas sortir du lit parce que j’étais fatigué(e). I really didn’t want to get out of bed because I was tired. The imparfait is what makes the sequence of events interesting! anglais 🎯 Add description to the sequence of events using the imparfait. 🎯 Sample sequence of events in the passé composé. 👉 Scroll down for my video lesson on the French imperfect tense 👈 Use the passé composé to talk about a sequence of events.Use the passé composé to talk about things that had a definite beginning and a definite ending.The passé composé is used to talk about things that happened.The imparfait is used to give descriptions about the past.The imparfait does not have a past participle.The imparfait does not require a helping verb.Using the French imperfect tense allows you to add description about the past, and everything you say will become more interesting! 🎯 What’s the difference between the imparfait and the passé composé? You may have already learned the passé composé. The imparfait is one of the ways you can speak in the past.
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