1. What is the verb tense and how is it differnet then passé composé?
The imperfect ( l'imparfait) expresses or describes continued, repeated, habitual actions or incomplete actions, situations, or events in the past. The imperfect describes what was going on at an indefinite time in the past or what used to happen. The imperfect can be translated by “would” when it implies “used to.” The imperfect is a simple tense that does not require a helping verb. example:Imperfect: An ongoing action with no specified completion. You use the passé compose when your talking about an action that had a certain start time and an end time.
Je visitais des monuments - I was visiting monuments
Passe Compose: One or more events or actions that began and ended in the past
Je suis allé en France - I went to France
2. When do you use it vs when you should use passé composé
The imparfait is used to talk about three types of situations, what someone was doing, what someone used to do and conditions( time, weather, emotions etc.) passé composé is used to express actions that started and ended at a specific time in the past.
3. How is it formed in the regular forms?
Step 1. Take the present tense nous form of the verb
Parler : nous parlons
Step 2 : take off the –ons stem.
Nous parl
The imperfect ( l'imparfait) expresses or describes continued, repeated, habitual actions or incomplete actions, situations, or events in the past. The imperfect describes what was going on at an indefinite time in the past or what used to happen. The imperfect can be translated by “would” when it implies “used to.” The imperfect is a simple tense that does not require a helping verb. example:Imperfect: An ongoing action with no specified completion. You use the passé compose when your talking about an action that had a certain start time and an end time.
Je visitais des monuments - I was visiting monuments
Passe Compose: One or more events or actions that began and ended in the past
Je suis allé en France - I went to France
2. When do you use it vs when you should use passé composé
The imparfait is used to talk about three types of situations, what someone was doing, what someone used to do and conditions( time, weather, emotions etc.) passé composé is used to express actions that started and ended at a specific time in the past.
3. How is it formed in the regular forms?
Step 1. Take the present tense nous form of the verb
Parler : nous parlons
Step 2 : take off the –ons stem.
Nous parl
4.how is thw verb formed in irregular forms
Avoir
je avais
tu avais
il avait
nous avions
vous aviez
ils avaient
Aller
j'allais
tu allais
il allait
nous allions
vous alliez
ils allaient
Faire
je faisais
tu faisais
il faiait
nous faisons
vous faisiez
ils faisient
Manger
je mangeais
tu mangeais
il mangeait
nous mangions
vous mangiez
ils mangeaient
étre
j'etais
tu étais
il était
nous étions
vous étiez
ils étaient
Croire
je croyais
tu croyais
il croyait
nous croyions
vous croyiez
ils croyaient
je avais
tu avais
il avait
nous avions
vous aviez
ils avaient
Aller
j'allais
tu allais
il allait
nous allions
vous alliez
ils allaient
Faire
je faisais
tu faisais
il faiait
nous faisons
vous faisiez
ils faisient
Manger
je mangeais
tu mangeais
il mangeait
nous mangions
vous mangiez
ils mangeaient
étre
j'etais
tu étais
il était
nous étions
vous étiez
ils étaient
Croire
je croyais
tu croyais
il croyait
nous croyions
vous croyiez
ils croyaient
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