| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Passé composé | Expresses specific actions or events that were started and completed at a definite point in the past. |
| Passé composé | Expresses a specific action or event at a specific time in the past. |
| Passé composé | States a particular action in the past. |
| Passé composé | Usually equivalent to an English simple past. |
| Passé composé | Expresses an action or event repeated a specific number of times in the past. |
| Passé composé | l'année passée (dernière): last year |
| Passé composé | avant-hier: the day before yesterday |
| Passé composé | d'abord: at first |
| Passé composé | enfin: finally |
| Passé composé | ensuite: then, next |
| Passé composé | l'été (l'hiver) passé: last summer (winter) |
| Passé composé | finalement: finally |
| Passé composé | une (deux...) fois: once, one (two) time(s) |
| Passé composé | plusieurs fois: several times |
| Passé composé | hier: yesterday |
| Passé composé | hier soir: last night |
| Passé composé | l'autre jour: the other day |
| Passé composé | ce jour-là: that day |
| Passé composé | un jour: one day |
| Passé composé | le mois passé (dernier): last month |
| Passé composé | la semaine passée (dernière): last week |
| Passé composé | soudain: suddenly |
| Passé composé | tout à coup: suddenly, all of a sudden |
| Imperfect | Describes ongoing or continuous actions or events in the past. |
| Imperfect | Describes habitual or repeated actions or events in the past. |
| Imperfect | Describes the circumstances or conditions surrounding an action. |
| Imperfect | Describes, persons, things, or a state of mind. |
| Imperfect | Usually equivalent to the English was (were)...ing, used to, and would (meaning used to). |
| Imperfect | autrefois: formerly |
| Imperfect | chaque jour (semaine, mois, année): each day (week, month, year) |
| Imperfect | de temps à autre: from time to time |
| Imperfect | de temps en temps: from time to time |
| Imperfect | d'habitude: usually |
| Imperfect | d'ordinaire: usually, ordinarilly |
| Imperfect | en ce temps-là: at that time |
| Imperfect | en général: generally |
| Imperfect | fréquemnent: frequently |
| Imperfect | généralement: generally |
| Imperfect | habituellement: habitually |
| Imperfect | parfois: sometimes, every now and then |
| Imperfect | quelquefois: sometimes |
| Imperfect | souvent: often |
| Imperfect | toujours: always |
| Imperfect | tous les jours (mois): every day (month) |
| Imperfect | tout le temps: all the time |
| Imperfect | Used to describe an action or event that was going on in the past when another action or event took place. |
| Imperfect | The imperfect is generally used with verbs that express a state of mind in progress over a period of time in the past. |
| Imperfect | aimer: to like, love |
| Imperfect | croire: to believe |
| Imperfect | désirer: to desire |
| Imperfect | espérer: to hope |
| Imperfect | être: to be |
| Imperfect | penser; to think |
| Imperfect | pouvoir: to be able, can |
| Imperfect | préférer: to prefer |
| Imperfect | regretter: to regret, to be sorry |
| Imperfect | savoir: to know (how) |
| Imperfect | vouloir: to wish, want |
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