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Le Passé Composé The passé composé expresses a completed action that occurred at a specific time in the past. This action happened at one moment in time and could have been captured by the click of a camera.
Le Passé Composé Key Terms l'année passée (last year) avant‐hier (the day before yesterday) d'abord (at first) enfin (finally) ensuite (then, next) l'été/l'hiver passé (last summer/winter) finalement (finally) une fois (one time) hier (yesterday) hier soir (last night) l'autre jour (the other day) ce jour‐là (that day) un jour (one day) le mois passé (dernier) (last month) la semaine passée (dernière) (last week) soudain (suddenly) tout à coup (suddenly)
Passé Composé: Defined moments I was born. I got an A on my imparfait exam in French. I got my uncle a fishing rod. I climbed Mount Everest.
L’imparfait L’imparfait on the other hand, expresses an action that continued in the past over an indefinite, undetermined period of time and could have been captured by a video camera.
L’imparfait Key Terms autrefois (formerly) chaque jour (semaine, mois, année) (each [every] day, week, month, year) de temps à autre (from time to time) de temps en temps (from time to time) d'habitude (usually) d'ordinaire (usually, generally) en ce temps‐là (at that time) en général (generally) fréquemment (frequently) généralement (generally) habituellement (habitually) parfois (sometimes) quelquefois (sometimes) souvent (often) toujours (always) tous les jours (mois) (every day, month) tout le temps (all the time)
Progressive Actions Habitual events Description Get your PhD in Imparfait! Progressive Actions Habitual events Description
Continuous Progressive Actions/ Eras of your life. Continuous Progressive Actions/ I used to have short hair. I used to go to Northeast Elementary I used to know a girl named Ruth I used play basketball. I used to watch Barney every day.
I was climbing. I fell. Progressive Action Imparfait 1 Time Event Passé Composé I was working. I finished.
Habitual / Repeated Events Over and over and over… I used to do this. fall down and hurt myself skip stones on the lake work at McDo! I used to send text messages in class! click my pens in class while taking hard tests.
J’étais décontracté et heureux dans l’eau. Descriptions J’étais sportif. Il pleuvait. Il était 4h55. J’avais froid. J’étais dans le jardin. J’étais décontracté et heureux dans l’eau. J’avais six ans. Ma soeur avait sept ans.
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