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French · Chapter 10 · Lesson 2 · Grammar primer

Imparfait

Prescribed by the AQA specification.

The short version

One irregular stem in the whole language

Take the nous form of the present, drop -ons, add -ais, -ais, -ait, -ions, -iez, -aient. That is the imparfait, and only être breaks it, with ét-. Avoir, faire and prendre look like they should be irregular and are not: nous avons gives avais, nous faisons gives faisais.

Quand j'étais petit, je jouais au foot.

When I was little, I used to play football.

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