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Can someone explain what l'imparfait is?
Can someone explain what l'imparfait is?
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@bts_army2349 I’m learning French too so I’m not an expert but I believe it’s a grammar rule when you’re talking about something in the past that you did often.
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L'imparfait is one of the many verb tenses in French. It is used for actions that happened in the past without having a specific time (although time could be specified somewhere else in the sentence, it depends)
ex: le chat mangeait une pomme.
it's pretty similar to simple past in English.
Imparfait could be confused with passé composé (which is more like present perfect, in a way)
the main difference is that imparfait has no auxiliary while passé composé does.
by example:
Imparfait: il mangeait
passé composé: il a mangé
i hope this helped a little and tell me if there is something that still confuses you or if you want more examples :)
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