Passe compose and imparfait Flashcards
Etre conjugation
je - suis
tu - es
il - est
nous - sommes
vous - etez
ils - sont
aller
to go → allé(e)(s)
Arriver
to arrive → arrivé(e)
Devenir
to become → devenu
Descendre
to descend, to go down → descendu
Entrer
to enter → entré
Monter
to go up → monté
Mourir
to die → mort
Naître
to be born → né
Passer
to pass (by) → passé
Partir
to leave → parti
Rentrer
to return, to go back → rentré
Revenir
to come back → revenu
Sortir
to go out → sorti
Tomber
to fall → tombé
Venir
to come → venu
imparfait endings
je - ais
tu - ais
il - ait
nous - ions
vous - iez
ils - aient
when to use imparfait
ongoing or habitual actions (When I was young I played outside) or describing background info (ex. the weather was nice)
when to use passe compose
Completed actions or events (Yesterday, I ate a pizza.) Indicating a change or a momentary action that interrupts an ongoing action. (I was watching TV when he called.)