Limparfait. For all verbs except être, -cer & -ger verbs, use the present tense nous form & drop the –ons to form the stem & add the following endings:

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1 Limparfait

2 For all verbs except être, -cer & -ger verbs, use the present tense nous form & drop the –ons to form the stem & add the following endings: Se battre= Nous form: Je me battais Tu te battais Il/elle/on se battait To fight (each other) Nous nous battons Nous nous battions Vous vous battiez Ils/elles se battaient

3 REMEMBER! Limparfait can be translated four different ways in English. For example, On se battait: –People were fighting. –People used to fight. –People would fight. –People fought.

4 Être Jétais Tu étais Il/elle/onétait Nous étions Vousétiez Ils/ellesétaient

5 -cer verb example: Jecommençais Tu commençais Il/elle/oncommençait Nous commencions Vouscommenciez Ils/ellescommençaient

6 -ger verb example: Jemangeais Tumangeais Il/ellemangeait Nousmangions Vousmangiez Ils/ellesmangeaient

7 When the present tense nous form ends in – ions, then the imparfait nous & vous forms will have two is: Jétudiais Tuétudiais il/elleétudiait Nousétudiions Vousétudiiez Ils/ellesétudiaient

8 Uses Habitual actions Describe physical, mental, and emotional states of being in the past Convey actions or states of being that are considered background context, not the main focus of the story Ongoing actions or states that were in progress when something else occurred.

9 Uses continued Use with venir de + an infinitive to say something just happened: –Ils venaient de mourir. (They had just died.) Use with aller + infinitive to say was going/were going + inifinitve: –Louis allait quitter Paris quand les soldats lont arrêté. Use with depuis + period of time to show how long something was going on before something else happened: –La France se battait contre lennemi depuis dix-huit mois quand les États-Unis ont déclaré la guerre.