the imperfect tense

Question 1

what is the imperfect tense?

Answer 1

used to describe states of being and habitual actions in the past.

Question 2

How to form it?

Answer 2

The rule of dropping the ‘ons’ from the present tense verb,taking it off adding the endings,this does not apply to the verb etre

Question 3

step 1:

Answer 3

make it to the nous form
e.g parler
nous parlons

Question 4

step 2:

Answer 4

remove it and have the stem
parl

Question 5

step 3:

Answer 5

add the endings in relation to the pronoun
e.g parl
je parlais
Tu parlais
il.elle.on parlait
nous parlions
vous parliez
ils/elles parlaient

Question 6

what do IR verbs take?

Answer 6

nous stem of verb
e.g nous finissons
add ending
je finissais
tu finissais
il finissait
nous finissions
ils elles finissaient

Question 7

avoir stem

Answer 7

j’avais
tu avais
il elle on avait
nous avions
ils elles avaient