L’Imparfait de l’Indicatif (Imperfect Indicative) – used to indicate the
following:
An action that was going on in
the past at the same time as
another action.
An action that was going on in the past when another action
happened.
A habitual action in the past.
When describing a past mental or physical condition.
An action that happened in the past
and lasted for a certain
amount of time before another action happened.
When conjugating in this tense, the verb’s present
indicative form with the
pronoun “nous” is used as the basis. The –ons is dropped and replaced.
Les Pronoms Sujet
(Subject Pronouns)
-er
-ir
-re
Je
-ais
Tu
-ais
Il/elle/on
-ait
Nous
-ions
Vous
-iez
Ils/elles
-aient
Example:
Conjugate “Il modifie”
to Imprefect Indicative
modifier
Nous modifions modifi (-ons is dropped)
modifiait
Le Passé Simple (Simple Past) – Used to describe the following:
To describe an action that happened at some definite time.
Used more in literary and history writing than in conversations.
When conjugating regular verbs, the last
two letters are dropped and
replaced.
Les Pronoms Sujet
(Subject Pronouns)
-er
-ir
-re
Je
-ai
-is
Tu
-as
-is
Il/elle/on
-a
-it
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