 Is a past tense  You do not need a helping verb  You need the “nous” form of the present tense  You drop the “ons” from the nous form to have the.

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 Is a past tense  You do not need a helping verb  You need the “nous” form of the present tense  You drop the “ons” from the nous form to have the stem

 The stem is the “nous” form minus “ons”  You add the endings to the stem  The endings are: ais, ais,ait, ions, iez, aient  Example: verb regarder  “nous” form: regardons  Stem: regard  Imparfait: je regardais, etc….

 When you want to say : I used to  When you want to describe a progressive past action  To talk about the weather  To talk about the time  To describe people  To talk about feelings

 When you want to say was happening compared to something that happened  The Imparfait is different from the passé composé  The imparfait is used to describe a habit  I was watching is imparfait  I watched is passé composé

 Je parlaisNous parlions  Tu parlaisVous parliez  Il parlaitIls parlaient

 You can have the two tenses in the same sentence.  Example:  Je regardais la télé quand ma copine est  arrivée.  I was watching TV when my friend came.