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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.

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1 Imparfait vs Passé Composé

2 Imparfait Uses Ongoing action with no specified completion – I was playing soccer (je jouais au foot) – We were in the car (on était en voiture) Habitual Actions – I traveled to Spain every month (je voyageais en Espagne toutes les mois) – I often visited my mother (je rendais souvent visite à ma mère

3 Imparfait Uses Physical or Mental State of being (in the past) – I was afraid of dogs (javais peur des chiens) – My clothing was so dirty (mes vêtements étaient si sales) Background (before interruption) – We were playing outside when… (on jouait dehors quand…) – They were eating pizza when… (ils mangeaient de la pizza quand…)

4 Indicator words chaque semaine, mois, année every week, month, year le week- end on the weekends le lundi, le mardi... on Mondays, on Tuesdays.. tous les jours every day le soir in the evenings toujoursalways normalem ent usually d'habitud e usually en général, générale ment in general, generally souventoften parfois, quelquefo is sometime s de temps en temps from time to time rarementrarely autrefoisformerly

5 Passé Composé Uses Completed Actions – I went to France. (je suis allé(e) en France) – We hugged each other (nous nous sommes embrassés) Occasional or One Time Actions – I lived in France twice (jai habité en France deux fois) – Last Sunday, I adopted a cat (Dimanche dernier, jai adopté un chat)

6 Passé Composé Uses Change in mental or physical state at a specific moment – Tout dun coup, jai eu peur! – Jai été contente quand tu mas rendue visite. Interruption – Jétais chez moi quand tu as appelé – … quand je tai vu.

7 Indicator Words une semaine, un mois, un anone week, month, year un week-endone weekend lundi, mardi...on Monday, on Tuesday un jourone day un soirone evening soudainementsuddenly tout à coup, tout d'un coupall of a sudden une fois, deux fois...once, twice... enfinfinally finalementin the end plusieurs foisseveral times


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