Imparfait french irregular verbs

What is l’imparfait?

L’imparfait(the imperfect) is a French past tense. It describes states and actions that were ongoing or repeated in the past.

The imperfect can correspond to the English simple past tense (I did, I went …), but also to structures such as used to and would and even the past progressive(I was doing, I was going …).

L’imparfait is used to tell stories and report on past actions, mostly in written contexts.

We conjugate the imperfect by adding the endings -ais, -ais, -ait, -ions, -iez and -aient to the root of the present tense nous form of the verb.

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When to use the imperfect tense in French

We use the imperfect tense in the following situations:

• to describe a situation in the past

  Example:

  Quand il était petit, Lucas aimait beaucoup les gâteaux.When he was young, Lucas really liked cake.

• to desc
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