The imparfait is one of the main past tenses used in the French Language. Its name translate to “imperfect,” and while we do have an imperfect tense in English, it is not the same. The imparfait is used for descriptions, circumstances, general facts, or recurring events in the past....
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing. (Actor and comedian Robert Benchley) Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do. (French writer Voltaire) I wanted to buy a candle holder, but the store didn't have one. So I got a cake. (Comedian Mitch ...
Anglo-Norman, the dialect of Anglo-French spoken by the Norman settlers (French-speaking descendants of Scandinavians who settled in Normandy in the 9c.) in England after the Conquest (1066). For purposes of this site, essentially the same asAnglo-French. aphetic, a form of a word altered...
Advanced Exercise #3— All Verb Tenses Look at the subject and verb to determine if it is an active or passive sentence. Then add the appropriate verb. Be careful with intransitive verbs (verbs that do not have an object — they cannot be used in the passive voice.) That car looks like...