L'Imparfait.

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L'Imparfait

The imperfect tense is used to…. …talk about what USED to happen… …to describe what things WERE like… …to describe an ONGOING action…

Formation of the Imperfect In order to conjugate in the imperfect, you must start with the “nous” form of the present tense. Example: parler parlons Drop the –ons parl- Add the appropriate endings to the stem. Imparfait Endings: -ais -ions -iez -ait -aient

Example: Parler à l’imparfait: parlons parl… je parlais nous parlions tu parlais vous parliez il parlait ils parlaient elle parlait elles parlaient on parlait Finir à l’imparfait: finissons finiss… je finissais nous finissions tu finissais vous finissiez il finissait ils finissaient elle finissait elles finissaient on finissait Répondre à l’imparfait: répondons répond… je répondais nous répondions tu répondais vous répondiez il répondait ils répondaient elle répondait elles répondaient on répondait

il / elle était être nous étions j’étais vous étiez There is only ONE irregular verb in the imperfect…. être être uses ET- as it’s stem. nous étions tu étais vous étiez il / elle était ils / elles étaient j’étais

Funny-looking verbs j’étudiais nous étudiions tu étudiais 1. Verbs ending in –ier Example: etudier These verbs look odd in the imperfect because they have a double “i” in the nous and vous forms Stem: étudions étudi- j’étudiais nous étudiions tu étudiais vous étudiiez il/elle étudiait il/elles étudiaient

2. Verbs ending in –ger Example: manger These verbs look odd because they follows the same rules in the imperfect as they do in the present. Stem: mangeons* mange- je mangeais nous mangions** tu mangeais vous mangiez** il/elle mangeait ils/elles mangeaient * Remember that the “g” needs an “e” before the “o” to retain it’s soft sound ** These 2 don’t need the extra “e” to keep the soft sound, the “i” takes care of it!

When to use the Imparfait: To describe how things and people were in the past: example: Elle était petite. (She was little) To describe general conditions or to set the scene: example: Il faisait froid. (It was cold) To talk about what used to happen or to tell about REPEATED or HABITUAL actions in the past, especially after a word or phrase which implies repeated action such as: le lundi (day of the week) chaque jour (every day) en général (in general) il était une fois (once upon généralement (generally) a time) d’habitude (usually) autrefois (in the past) pendant que (while) de temps en temps (from time to time) tous les jours (every day) tous les étés (every summer, or other season) toujours (always) souvent (often)

To tell what is going on when something else happens: example: J’allais au concert, quand il y a eu un accident. (i was going to the concert when there was an accident) To describe feelings or emotions: example: Claudine était très heureuse – elle avait envie de chanter. (She was very happy – she wanted to sing) To express time of day or age in the past. example: Il était 5h30 du matin. (It was 5.30 in the morning) C’était son anniversaire, il avait douze ans. (It was his birthday, he was 12 years old.) 7. To make generalizations about former times. example: Les druides pratiquaient leur culte dans le forêt. (The Druids practised their religion in the forest.)

Le Fin! Allez – et conjuguez bien à l’imparfait!