L'Imparfait Flashcards by Delia Tager

Formation

“stem” + ending

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Stem

“nous” form of the present, but without the “-ons”

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Je (ending)

___ais

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Tu (ending)

___ais

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Il/Elle/On (ending)

___ait

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Nous (ending)

___ions

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Vous (ending)

___iez

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Ils/Elles (ending)

___aient

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étre: irregular stem

ét____

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When to use imparfait

describing a past action with no indication of when it either started or ended
expressing habitual past events
describing mental, physical or emotional states or conditions

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regular -er verbs (écouter)

écout(ons)

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regular -ir verbs (ex. finir)

-finiss(ons)

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regular -dre verbs (ex. vendre)

vend(ons)

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-cer verbs (ex. commencer)

commençe(ons)

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-ger verbs (ex. déranger)

-dérange(ons)

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aller

all(ais, ait, ect.)

avoir

av(ais, ait, ect.)

dire

dit(ais, ait, ect.)

écrire

écrir(ais, ait, ect.)

etre

ét(ais, ait, ect.)

faire

fais(ais, ait, ect.)

lire

lis(ais, ait, ect.)

mettre

mett(ais, ait, ect.) to put or to place

ouvrir

ouvr(ais, ait, ect.) to open

partir

part(ais, ait, ect.) to leave, to part

pouvoir

pouv(ais, ait, ect.) to be able to, capability

savior

sav(ais, ait, ect.) to know

sortir

sort(ais, ait, ect.) to go out

venir

ven(ais, ait, ect.) to come

vouloir

voul(ais, ait, ect.) to want