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....
In French, the imperfect tense is used to describe an incomplete or ongoing action or state of being.
The imperfect tense is also used with these constructions: être en train de + infinitive = to be in the middle of doing something J'étais en train d'étudier quand vous êtes arrivés. I was (in the process of ) studying when you arrived. être sur le point de + infinitive = to ...
Danser in the Imperfect Tense The imperfect tense is slightly different than passé composé. Imperfect is used when describing an activity that happened when another event or activity happened. The conjugation endings are also different from the present and passé composé. Subject PronounVerb Conjuga...
BoireConjugation – Imperfect Tense (l’imparfait) If you’ve been learning French for a while, then you’re no doubt familiar with the imperfect endings already. These verb endings, no matter which verb you use them with, are always the same for each person. The stem for the verb “boi...
ServirConjugation Imperfect Tense Habits and continuous actions in the past can be talked about using the imperfect tense. To form it, simply take the stem of the verb, which in this case is “serv” and add the imperfect endings, which never change. ...
Imperfect Indicative: click here to see theconjugation patterns of the French imperfect indicative tense. (e.g. I walked). Future Tense: click here tolearn the conjugation patterns of the French future tense. (e.g. I will walk). Conditional: click here tolearn the conjugation patterns of th...
For -ER verbs: the endings for each tense go as follows: Present: (stem +) "e, es, e, ons, ez, ent" Imperfect: (stem +) "ais, ais, ait, ions, iez, aient" Future Simple:(infinitive +) "ai, as, a, ons, ez, ont" ...
Within the French language, there is really only one true irregular verb ending in -er! That verb is 'aller' (to go). It has its own unique set of endings for the different tenses. All the other -ER verbs have slight variations of the standard.
Être("to be") is the only irregular verb in the imperfect because the present tensenous sommeshas no-onsto drop. So it has the irregular stemét-and uses the same endings as all other verbs. As in many other tenses,spelling change verbs, that is, verbs which end in-cerand-ger, h...