SOMEONE!!! Teach me the imperfect tense!

[CiCi the Psychobunny]

Oh sweet Jesus, I have a 12% French test in an hour . . . .

But why bother studying when I can be paying a call to all my friends here? I mean, seriously.



Oh Goddess I'm so screwed.

[patrice]

1. Been there, done that . . . .

Feels pretty bad. Good Luck, but remember, unless someone is sick and/or dieing, it isn't REALLY important.

[trof]

2. I like the pluperfect imperfect.

Or was it the other way around?
Or vice versa?
my head hurts

[Canuckistanian]

3. Just remember

The letter "i". Almost every imperfect verb has the letter "i".
For example, "Voyer" - to see.

Present: Je vois un chat tous les jours. (I see a cat every day)
Past Imperfect: Je voyais un chat tous les jours (I saw {used to see} a cat every day)

Because you didn't see that cat just one time, use the imperfect. Whereever you can use the words "used to", that's like the French imperfect past.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

4. Cici!

Good to see you back on DU! You've been gone for a while.

How's life at the university, other than French tests?

ON EDIT: The previous poster is correct. The imperfect is also used in situations where you could say, "I was doing A when B happened."

[lolly]

7. Or, to put it another way

"Perfect" or "parfait" (en francais) means "finished" or "completed."

If an action is done/completed in the time frame spoken of, it's "perfect."

If it's ongoing or repetitive, it's imperfect/imparfait

[GoddessOfGuinness]

5. smartass comment

I dood__we dooded
you didded__y'all diddedded
he/she/it dud__they dudded

That's as imperfect as I can get.

Good luck on your test! :D

[Zomby Woof]

6. CICI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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