Passé composé v. imparfait

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

Preterit vs. Imperfect.

Advertisements

Preterit vs. Imperfect.

L’Imparfait The passé composé and the imparfait Adverb placement

Le Passé Composé et lImparfait. formation du passé composé

Quels sont les usages de limparfait?. W Weather A Age.

Le Passe compose VS l'imparfait

Point de départ Although the passé composé and the imparfait are both past tenses, they have very distinct uses and are not interchangeable. The choice.

L’imparfait ou Passé Composé?

L’imparfait ou Passé Composé?

L’Imparfait The passé composé and the imparfait Adverb placement

Positive, negative or both?

Une révision des temps de verbes. A verb in its natural, non-conjugated form. Used whenever a verb has no subject : 2 nd verb, general instruction, after.

Silver Rule 1 DO NOT REPEAT ANY VERB. je suis allé(e)… (I went) should be used only once. You could use jai decidé daller… (I decided to go) or jai voyagé…

PERFECT (Done and behaved) Vs. IMPERFECT (Done with a chance of mishbehavior)

Background vs Foreground : Imparfait vs Passé Composé

The Imparfait Imperfect Past Tense Quand j’étais petit…

Limparfait Français II H – Unité Préliminaire A Structures.

- LIMPARFAIT ET LE PASSÉ COMPOSÉ - LE VERBE VENIR - LES PÉPOSITIONS GÉOGRAPHIQUES Chapter 4 Review.

Chapitre 6. The Imperfect Tells how things were or what used to happen repeatedly in the past. Formation: Take present-tense nous conjugation, drop –ons,

Imparfait vs Passé Composé. Imparfait Uses Ongoing action with no specified completion – I was playing soccer (je jouais au foot) – We were in the car.

Get your PhD in Imparfait!

Mes vacances To be able to talk about holidays in different tenses.

LImparfait vs le passé composé A Comparison. Review: le passé composé What type of action does the passé composé represent? What type of action does the.

Limparfait. There are two forms of the past in French. You have already learned the passé composé. The other form is limparfait.

Les temps du verbe. Passé Composé (what happened?) J’ai voyagé Je suis rentré(e) Nous nous sommes rencontré(e)s Il l’a vue. I traveled. I came back. We.

 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.

Français III/IV: les notes #12. Passé Composé vs. Imparfait Both tenses are in the past Use Passé Composé for events that only happen once or at one specific.

El pretérito, el imperfecto y el pluscuamperfecto

Imparfait ou passé composé? 34U 1 She went to school every day. Elle allait à l’école chaque jour. Imp - habitude.

Passé composé vs Imparfait

Point de départ You have already seen some uses of the passé composé versus the imparfait while talking about things and events in the past. Here are.

L’imparfait: formation The imperfect is a simple tense. It consists of one word. It is formed as follows: Imperfect Stem + Imperfect Endings For all verbs.

L’emploi de l’imparfait et du passé composé

Passé composé versus Imparfait Partie 1

Instructions for using this template. Remember this is Jeopardy, so where I have written “Answer” this is the prompt the students will see, and where.

Notes les octobre Le passé composé vs. l’imparfait (Partie 2) The most important things to remember with regard to the imparfait and the passé composé.

Point de départ The verbs savoir and connaître both mean to know. The verb you use will depend on the context. Savoir © 2015 by Vista Higher Learning,

Notes les octobre Le passé composé vs. l’imparfait Although the passé composé and the imparfait are both past tenses, they have very distinct uses.

+ Madame Apolaro Des questions sur le passé composé!

Le Plus-que-parfait is also a past tense.

Copyright © 2012 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved  Now that you have learned the forms of the preterite and the imperfect, you will learn.

Pretérito versus Imperfecto. Uses for Preterite and Imperfect PreteriteImperfect Ccompleted actions: single actions or series of actions Ffocus on beginning.

Langue The past tenses © 2008 Robert Baylis. The past tenses When talking about events in the recent past, English is more relaxed in its approach to.

 Is used to talk about actions that happened repeatedly in the past.  I used to …..  I was/ were ……..ing.

WALT: DISCOVER MORE DETAILS ABOUT FRANCE WILF: TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNISE WELL KNOWN PLACES IN FRANCE AND READ AND WRITE ABOUT THEM USING LEVEL 5 AND 6 LANGUAGE.

Passé Composé & The Imparfait. While both passé composé & the imparfait are used to talk about the past, use the imparfait to tell how things were or.

FR 3 Passé Composé ou Imparfait?. In French, when talking about the past, you may use EITHER the PASSÉ COMPOSÉ or the IMPARFAIT Choice of tense reflects.

Français I – Leçon 8A Structures

Notes les novembre Le passé composé et l’imparfait (Révision) Le passé composé is used to express completed actions in the past and never expresses.

THE PERFECT TENSE LE PASSÉ COMPOSÉ

3.3 © 2015 by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved The passé composé vs. the imparfait Although the passé composé and the imparfait both.

Français I Leçon 8B - Structures Passé composé vs. l’imparfait (summary) & The verbs savoir and connaître.

Ma Petite Histoire Creative Writing Assignment. Think of an événement Happy Funny Embarrassing Scary Surprising Amazing! But NOT SAD!! (we’d feel awkward!)

The Personal Narrative Writing about a small moment in your life.

Object Pronouns in the Passé Composé Francais II Chapter 4 Grammar 1.

Pretérito Vs. Imperfecto Two Past Tenses. El Pretérito  We use preterite for EVENTS  The chain of events in a story line  Distinct events, not matter.

Le Passé Composé et L’Imparfait. Le P.C. and l’Imparfait: Are both past tenses.

Object Pronouns in the Passé Composé

Français I – Leçon 8A Structures

Warm up Write about something, good or bad, which happened to you years ago that you still remember until today. Explain! Write a minimum of five sentences.

Pretérito Vs. Imperfecto

Passé Composé vs. Imparfait

Preterite and Imperfect Verbs

LE PASSÉ COMPOSÉ OU L’IMPARFAIT

Preterite and Imperfect Verbs

Passé Composé vs. Imparfait

Passé Composé versus Imparfait – Partie Deux

formation and explanation

Presentation transcript:

Passé composé v. imparfait Which one do I use?!

PassÉ composÉ Used to narrate specific events, with specific start and stop times Talks about something that happed a single time Could also be used to describe something that happened a distinct number of times Used when an action interrupts another action

imparfait Known as the “describer”; used to set the scene Describes an ongoing action with no specified completion Used to describe something habitual, or recurring Used to describe the background action, what is ongoing There is also a set of circumstances to be used as a guide, that if met, require imparfait to be used (WATERLOAD)

Waterload (imparfait) W ~ Weather A ~ Age T ~ Time E ~ Emotion R ~ Repeated Action L ~ Location O ~ Ongoing Action A ~ Attitude D ~ Description

“I was going to France” J’allais en France PRACTICE “I was going to France” J’allais en France

“I went to France” Je suis allé en France practice “I went to France” Je suis allé en France

“I visited a monument” J’ai visité un monument practice “I visited a monument” J’ai visité un monument

“I was visiting monuments” Je visitais des monuments practice “I was visiting monuments” Je visitais des monuments

practice “I traveled in France last year” J’ai voyagé en France l’année dernière

“I was afraid of dogs” J’avais peur des chiens practice “I was afraid of dogs” J’avais peur des chiens

“I was scared when the dog barked” J’ai eu peur quand le chien a aboyé practice “I was scared when the dog barked” J’ai eu peur quand le chien a aboyé