« French grammar you need to know to pass Grade 10. » Imparfait: « French grammar you need to know to pass Grade 10. »
Use Imparfait is used to express the following: Description: actions that happened in the past. Continuous / Repeated actions
Description Hier, il pleuvait. Je mangeais un sandwich Yesterday, it was raining. We know it was raining, but we don’t know when it started or finished. Je mangeais un sandwich I was eating a sandwich We know that I was eating a sandwich, but we don’t know when, or even if I finished it.
Continued / Repeated actions Les Samedis, je visitais mon Grand-Père On Saturdays, I always used to visit my grandfather. Action was repeated every Saturday
Formation Conjugate the verb in the 1st person plural, present tense Remove the « ons » ending Add the imparfait endings: ais ions iez ait aient
Formation (example) Ex. Vendre 1st person plural nous vendons Vend + imparfait endings Je vendais Nous vendions Tu vendais Vous vendiez Il / Elle vendait Ils / Elles vendaient
Exercise Form the following verbs in the imparfait: Danser: Finir: Prendre:
Danser 1st person plural, present tense: Remove the ending: Nous dansons Remove the ending: dans ons Add the imparfait endings: Je dans ais Nous dans ions Tu dans ais Vous dans iez Il / Elle dans ait Ils / Elles dans aient
Finir 1st person plural, present tense: Remove the ending: Nous finissons Remove the ending: finiss ons Add the imparfait endings: Je finiss ais Nous finiss ions Tu finiss ais Vous finiss iez Il / Elle finiss ait Ils / Elles finiss aient
Prendre 1st person plural, present tense: Remove the ending: Nous prenons Remove the ending: pren ons Add the imparfait endings: Je pren ais Nous pren ions Tu pren ais Vous pren iez Il / Elle pren ait Ils / Elles pren aient