Imparfait

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IMPARFAIT -verbe exprime une action habituelle au passé -ce verbe exprime une émotion. -c'est un état mental. -un état physique. -Le verbe indique une situation en développement. -un état de choses PASSE COMPOSE -l'indication d'un moment précis -une action complète Imparfait I.

An ongoing action with no specified completion J'allais en France - I was going to France Je visitais des monuments - I was visiting monuments

II. A habitual or repeated action Je voyageais en France tous les ans - I traveled (used to travel) to France every year Je visitais souvent le Louvre - I often visited the Louvre

Passé composé v One or more events or s actions that began and ended in the past Je suis allé en France - I went to France J'ai visité des monuments - I visited some monuments v A single event s J'ai voyagé en France l'année dernière - I traveled in France last year J'ai visité Paris samedi - I visited Paris on Saturday

I Description/background info; ...when something II. set the scene of how things were happened, interrupting the or what was happening when... + description/background. (to be + -ing usually indicates this) J'étais à la banque quand... - I was at the bank when... Je vivais en Espagne quand... - I was living in Spain when...

... quand Chirac est arrivé. - ... when Chirac arrived. ... quand je l'ai trouvé. - ... when I found it.

IV. General description of physical v Change in physical or

or mental state of being

J'avais peur des chiens - I was afraid of dogs V.

s mental state at a precise moment or for an isolated cause J'ai eu peur quand le chien a aboyé - I was scared when the dog barked

Expression of the time of day or age in the past

Il était cinq heures du matin - It was five a.m. C'était son anniversaire; il avait douze ans - It was his birthday; he was twelve. Thus l'imparfait describes past situations, while le passé composé narrates specific events. In addition, l'imparfait can set the stage for an event expressed with the passé composé (see III, above). L'imparfait d'habitude de temps en temps autrefois le week-end le lundi tous les jours normalement souvent en général chaque semaine, mois, année... le soir Le passé composé une/deux (etc.) plusieurs fois soudainement un week-end lundi on un jour tout d'un coup

usually from time to time formerly on the weekends on Mondays every day usually often in general, generally every week, month, year in the evenings fois once/twice (etc.) several times suddenly one weekend Monday one day all of a sudden

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