By: Charith Ranawake Period: 4B January 6, 2012. There are several ways to speak in the past, and one way is in the imperfect tense, or imparfait. To.

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By: Charith Ranawake Period: 4B January 6, 2012

There are several ways to speak in the past, and one way is in the imperfect tense, or imparfait. To find the imperfect stem of a verb with the exception of être, one will have to use the nous form of the verb minus the –ons. Then, add the endings associated with the subject. je -ais nous -ions étais étions tu -ais vous -iez étais étiez elle/il -ait ils/elles -aient était étaient

Habits Progressive action (was/were) Circumstances of an event: Time + weather Outward appearances Emotional sense of mind External Circumstances Other actions in progress Words to look for: Le soir & tous les soirs Le mardi & tous les mardis Chaque jour & tous les jours Dhabitude & habituellement Autrefois & parfois

Every morning, I jog around the park. Chaque matin, je courais autour le parc. Usually, I do well on tests, but this time, I didnt. Habituellement, je faisais bien sur les examens, mais cette fois, je nai pas fait. Every Tuesday, there is bboy club at Marriotts Ridge High School. Tous les mardis, il y avait club de bboy au lycée de Marriotts Ridge.

What is the imparfait nous form of être? Étions Using imparfait write the sentence: Every night, he watches TV in his basement. Tous les soirs, il regardait la télé au sous-sol. Using imparfait write the sentence: Habitually, you (vous) liked to listen to music when you worked. Dhabitude, vous aimiez écouter de la musique quand vous avez travaillé. Write your own sentence on the board in the imparfait using ils/elles as the subject. … Elles/ils (verb)-aient ….