l’imparfait Flashcards

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French Phrase

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English Translation

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L’imparfait – The Imperfect Tense

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“The Imperfect Tense”

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L’imparfait est l’un des deux principaux temps du passé.

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“The imperfect is one of the two main past tenses.”

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C’est un temps descriptif.

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“It is a descriptive tense.”

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Il est utilisé pour :

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“It is used to:”

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Décrire une personne / un lieu ou la météo dans le passé.

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“Describe a person/place or the weather in the past.”

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Décrire quelque chose que vous faisiez beaucoup dans le passé (action continue),

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“Describe something you used to do a lot in the past (continuous action)

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Décrire comment vous vous sentiez (émotions) dans le passé. J’étais triste/heureux.

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“Describe how you were feeling (emotions) in the past. I was sad/happy.”

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Décrire ce que vous faisiez ou ce qui se passait quand quelque chose d’autre est arrivé.

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“Describe what you were doing or what was going on when something else happened.”

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Par exemple, je faisais mes devoirs quand ………..

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“For example

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C’est un temps très facile à former.

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“It is a very easy tense to formulate.”

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  1. Prenez la forme de nous du verbe au présent.
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“1. Take the nous form of the verb in the present tense.”

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  1. Supprimez le ‘ons’
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“2. Drop the ‘ons’”

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  1. Ajoutez les terminaisons du l’imparfait – ais, ais, ait, ait, ions, iez, aient.
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“3. Add the imperfect tense endings – ais

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Nous formons le l’imparfait de cette manière avec UNE EXCEPTION – LE VERBE ÊTRE.

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“Every verb forms the imperfect tense this way WITH ONE EXCEPTION – THE VERB ÊTRE.”

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16
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J’étais

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“I was”

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Tu étais

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“You were (singular/informal)”

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Il/elle/on était

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“He/she/one was”

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Nous étions

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“We were”

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Vous étiez

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“You were (plural/formal)”

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Ils/elles étaient

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“They were”

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Exemples de conjugaison :

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“Examples of conjugation:”

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Donnons -> donn

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“Donnons -> donn”

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Finissons -> finiss

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“Finissons -> finiss”

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Vendons -> vend

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“Vendons -> vend”

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Lisons -> lis

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“Lisons -> lis”

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Faisons -> fais

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“Faisons -> fais”

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Voyons -> voy

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“Voyons -> voy”

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Pouvons -> pouv

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“Pouvons -> pouv”

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Voulons -> voul

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“Voulons -> voul”

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Essayons -> essay

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“Essayons -> essay”

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Disons -> disons

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“Disons -> disons”

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Ecrivons -> ecriv

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“Ecrivons -> ecriv”

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Recevons -> recv

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“Recevons -> recv”

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Avons -> av

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“Avons -> av”

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Allons -> all

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“Allons -> all”