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| imparfait definitions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | nous form -ons + ais, ais, ait, ions, iez, aient | 2 sets | |
| 2 | présent | 2 sets | |
| 3 | past tense used to describe "used to do/be" and "was/were -ing" | 2 sets | |
| 4 | habitual actions | 1 set | |
| 5 | -ons beginning. ais, ais, ait, ions. iez, aient. | 1 set | |
| 6 | states of being | 1 set | |
| 7 | emotional descriptions | 1 set | |
| 8 | weather | 1 set | |
| 9 | time | 1 set | |
| 10 | physical descriptions | 1 set | |
| 11 | cond. present | 1 set | |
| 12 | drop -ons from nous form --> add imperfait ending | 1 set | |
| 13 | conditionel | 1 set | |
| 14 | ais ais ait ions iez aient | 1 set | |
| 15 | present | 1 set | |
| 16 | imparfait | 1 set | |
| 17 | age | 1 set | |
| 18 | to talk about events that used to happen or were happening, and to describe people, things, and situations in the past | 1 set | |
| 19 | i used to, i was | 1 set | |
| 20 | actions of unspecified duration. | 1 set | |
| 21 | toujours | 1 set | |
| 22 | à l'époque | 1 set | |
| 23 | autrefois | 1 set | |
| 24 | souvent | 1 set | |
| 25 | rarement | 1 set | |
| 26 | nous form of présent (w/o -ons) + endings ( -ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -ions) | 1 set | |
| 27 | i used to go, i was going to, i went to | 1 set | |
| 28 | d'habitude | 1 set | |
| 29 | généralement | 1 set | |
| 30 | conditions in "si" clauses. | 1 set | |
| 31 | wishes or suggestions. | 1 set | |
| 32 | background information that sets the scene. | 1 set | |
| 33 | être en train de | 1 set | |
| 34 | venir de | 1 set | |
| 35 | en général | 1 set | |
| 36 | chaque | 1 set | |
| 37 | use imparfait to set the scene. you use it when you are telling about something that happened over a period of time. also, you use it when you are describing someone. | 1 set | |
| 38 | nous form of ending and add -ais, -ais, -ait, -ions, -iez, -aient | 1 set | |
| 39 | to describe what people used to do | 1 set | |
| 40 | to describe how things were in the past | 1 set | |