Imparfait tense in French. How to build it, how to use it. Imperfect tense.
Watch the video for the pronunciation.
A tense expressing a length or a repeated action in the past which beginning and end are not known.
Any verb at the present tense, use the “we form”, you drop the end of the verb, keep the first part and add the imperfect ending:
To dance: danser (1st group)
The we form is “we dance”: nous dansons
Rule: You drop the end “ons”
You keep the first part “dans”
and add the imperfect ending:
Je dans-ais
Tu dans-ais
Il, elle, on dans-ait
Nous dans-ions
Vous dans-iez
Ils, elles dans-aient
To finish : finir
The we form at the present tense is ” we finish ” : nous finissons
You drop the end “ons” and keep the firt part “finiss”
You add the imperfect ending:
Je finissais
Tu finissais
Il, elle, on finissait
Nous finissions
Vous finissiez
Ils, elles finissaient
The ” e ” is for the pronunciation because the sound ” ga ” in French is like ” GArage “, but here it is soft like the end of ” garaGE ”
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