2. WHAT DO WE USE THE IMPARFAIT FOR?
The imparfait, or imperfect tense, is used to talk
about three types of situations.
• What someone was doing
• What someone used to do
• Conditions
• Time, weather, emotions, etc.
3. HOW DO WE FORM THE IMPARFAIT?
It’s a simple 3-step process!
Step 1: Take the present-tense nous form of the
verb.
Parler: Nous parlons.
Step 2: Take off the –ons stem.
Nous parl-
4. Step 3: Add the imparfait ending. You’ll need to
memorize these.
-ais: Je parlais -ions: Nous parlions
-ais: Tu parlais -iez: Vous parliez.
-ait: Il/elle/on parlait. -aient: Ils/elles
parlaient.