{"id":36741,"date":"2023-06-27T04:48:23","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T07:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecole601.com\/the-imperfect-imparfait-in-french\/"},"modified":"2023-08-10T06:23:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T09:23:34","slug":"the-imperfect-imparfait-in-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecole601.com\/en\/the-imperfect-imparfait-in-french\/","title":{"rendered":"The imperfect (imparfait) in French"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome to the wonderful world of the imperfect tense (imparfait), a verb tense full of nuances and possibilities! If you are ready to dive into the past and discover how to tell stories, describe situations, and express habits, then you have come to the right place!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Un peu de lecture pour commencer <\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"cute-text\"><br>Il fallait un capitaine pour chaque \u00e9quipe. Mais tout le monde voulait \u00eatre capitaine. Tout le monde sauf Alceste, qui voulait \u00eatre goal, parce qu\u2019il n\u2019aime pas courir. Nous, on \u00e9tait d\u2019accord, il est bien, Alceste, comme goal; il est tr\u00e8s large et il couvre bien le but. \u00c7a laissait tout de m\u00eame quinze capitaines et \u00e7a en faisait plusieurs de trop.<br><br>\u2014 Le capitaine c\u2019est moi, je suis le mieux habill\u00e9 ! \u00bb a cri\u00e9 Geoffroy, et Eudes lui a donn\u00e9 un coup de poing sur le nez. C\u2019\u00e9tait vrai, que Geoffroy \u00e9tait bien habill\u00e9, son papa, qui est tr\u00e8s riche, lui avait achet\u00e9 un \u00e9quipement complet de joueur de football, avec une chemise rouge, blanche et bleue. \u00ab Si c\u2019est pas moi le capitaine, a cri\u00e9 Rufus, j\u2019appelle mon papa et il vous met tous en prison ! \u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes de vocabulaire pour t&#8217;aider :<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><strong>Falloir <\/strong>(verb impersonnel = Only with &#8220;il&#8221;)<\/strong>: to need, to be precise \/ necessary <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Un <strong>capitaine <\/strong><\/strong>: A captain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Un goal<\/strong> : a goal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Le but<\/strong>: the goal, the purpose, the objective<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Une chemise <\/strong>: a shirt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-36741_e22676-32 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-36741_e22676-32 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-36741_e22676-32\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-fluent-crm-conditional-content\"><div class=\"fc-cond-blocks\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ecole601.com\/en\/register\">Register for free<\/a> <\/strong>to do the exercises and access +1000 exercises and videos in French.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large blurred\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/ecole601.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/imparfait-en-francais-exercices-1-1024x312.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecole601.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/imparfait-en-francais-exercices-1-1024x312.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ecole601.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/imparfait-en-francais-exercices-1-600x183.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/ecole601.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/imparfait-en-francais-exercices-1-300x91.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ecole601.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/imparfait-en-francais-exercices-1-768x234.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ecole601.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/imparfait-en-francais-exercices-1-624x190.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/ecole601.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/imparfait-en-francais-exercices-1-80x24.jpeg 80w, https:\/\/ecole601.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/imparfait-en-francais-exercices-1-100x30.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/ecole601.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/imparfait-en-francais-exercices-1.jpeg 1356w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><em>Notes : &#8220;avait achet\u00e9&#8221; c&#8217;est de l&#8217;imparfait (avait) + un participe pass\u00e9 (achet\u00e9) = <strong>plus-que-parfait<\/strong> (Nous allons voir \u00e7a dans la le\u00e7on bonus).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-36741_131743-ed .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-36741_131743-ed .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-36741_131743-ed\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Quand utiliser l&#8217;imparfait<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>In this section we will discuss its use cases in general without going into details. In the next lesson, we will see all the tricks of the trade as to whether to use imparfait or pass\u00e9 compos\u00e9 (not always obvious! Even to the French&#8230;).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong>Une action qui dure dans le pass\u00e9<\/strong><\/strong> (An action that lasts in the past)<\/td><td><em>&#8220;Quand j&#8217;\u00e9tais enfant, j&#8217;aimais la viande&#8221;<\/em><br><em>&#8220;En 1970, les gens n\u2019avaient pas Internet&#8221;<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Une action qui se r\u00e9p\u00e8te dans le pass\u00e9<\/strong> (An action that repeats itself in the past)<\/td><td><em>&#8220;Il allait courir tous les jours \u00e0 cette \u00e9poque !&#8221;<\/em><br><em>&#8220;Il faisait ses courses tous les dimanches&#8221;<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Une description dans le pass\u00e9<\/strong> (A description in the past)<\/td><td><em>&#8220;Mais tout le monde voulait \u00eatre capitaine.&#8221;<\/em><br><em>&#8220;Geoffroy \u00e9tait bien habill\u00e9&#8221;<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Des actions simultan\u00e9es dans le pass\u00e9<\/strong> (Simultaneous actions in the Past)<\/td><td><em>&#8220;Rufus t\u00e9l\u00e9phonait pendant qu&#8217;il cuisinait.&#8221;<\/em><br><em>&#8220;Il parlait fort alors que sa m\u00e8re dormait.&#8221;<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Une condition<\/strong> (a condition)<\/td><td><em>&#8220;si j&#8217;\u00e9tais Rufus, je serais le plus fort&#8221;<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Discours rapport\u00e9<\/strong> (Reported speech)<\/td><td><em>&#8220;il m&#8217;a dit que tu \u00e9tais bon en sport&#8221;<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Politesse<\/strong><\/td><td><em>&#8220;je passais pour vous dire bonjour&#8221;<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The first four cases are the ones you will find the most. To understand these cases, as you read the next chapters, pay attention to the different cases of using the imperfect tense.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-36741_f040aa-39 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-36741_f040aa-39 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-36741_f040aa-39\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-fluent-crm-conditional-content\"><div class=\"fc-cond-blocks\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ecole601.com\/en\/register\">Register for free<\/a> <\/strong>to do the exercises and access +1000 exercises and videos in French.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large blurred\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/ecole601.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/imparfait-en-francais-exercices-2-1024x335.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecole601.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/imparfait-en-francais-exercices-2-1024x335.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ecole601.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/imparfait-en-francais-exercices-2-600x196.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/ecole601.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/imparfait-en-francais-exercices-2-300x98.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ecole601.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/imparfait-en-francais-exercices-2-768x251.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ecole601.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/imparfait-en-francais-exercices-2-624x204.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/ecole601.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/imparfait-en-francais-exercices-2-80x26.jpeg 80w, https:\/\/ecole601.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/imparfait-en-francais-exercices-2-100x33.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/ecole601.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/imparfait-en-francais-exercices-2.jpeg 1356w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-36741_abeebe-a0 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-36741_abeebe-a0 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-36741_abeebe-a0\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>L&#8217;accord de l&#8217;imparfait<\/strong><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading36741_2c7981-96, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading36741_2c7981-96[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading36741_2c7981-96\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading36741_2c7981-96 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading36741_2c7981-96[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading36741_2c7981-96\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading36741_2c7981-96 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading36741_2c7981-96\">&#8220;L\u2019imparfait se construit avec le radical du verbe form\u00e9 \u00e0 la premi\u00e8re personne du pluriel au pr\u00e9sent de l\u2019indicatif&#8221;. The grammatical explanation may be scary, but it is actually very simple:<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading36741_680d70-25, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading36741_680d70-25[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading36741_680d70-25\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading36741_680d70-25 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading36741_680d70-25[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading36741_680d70-25\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h4 class=\"kt-adv-heading36741_680d70-25 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading36741_680d70-25\"><strong>Exemple avec le verbe &#8220;faire&#8221;. <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>&#8230;.<\/td><td>&#8230;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Nous<\/strong><\/td><td><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-kb-palette-15-color\">fais<\/mark><\/span>ons<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vous<\/td><td>faites<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ils \/ Elles<\/td><td>font<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Le radical (\u00e0 la premi\u00e8re personne du pluriel, &#8220;nous&#8221;) =&gt; <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-kb-palette-15-color\"><strong>fais<\/strong><\/mark> (nous faisons) + les terminaisons de l\u2019imparfait : <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-kb-palette-10-color\">-ais, -ais, -ait, -ions, -iez, -aient.<\/mark><\/strong> = Je <strong>fais<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-kb-palette-10-color\">ais<\/mark><\/strong>, tu <strong>fais<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-kb-palette-10-color\">ais<\/mark><\/strong>, il\/elle\/on <strong>fais<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-kb-palette-10-color\">ait<\/mark><\/strong>, nous <strong>fais<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-kb-palette-10-color\">ions<\/mark><\/strong>, vous <strong>fais<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-kb-palette-10-color\">iez<\/mark><\/strong>, elles\/ils <strong>fais<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-kb-palette-10-color\">aient<\/mark><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conjugation of the imperfect tense is one of the simplest there is, just follow the same logic. Try again with the verb &#8220;partir&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>#1 trouve le radical (avec &#8220;nous&#8221;)<\/strong><br>&gt; nous partons &gt; Le radical = <strong>&#8220;part<\/strong>&#8220;<br><strong><strong>#2 ajoute la bonne terminaison<\/strong><\/strong><br>&gt; Je part<strong>ais<\/strong>, tu part<strong>ais<\/strong>, il\/elle\/on part<strong>ait,<\/strong> nous part<strong>ions<\/strong>, vous part<strong>iez<\/strong>, ils part<strong>aient<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Attention au verbe \u00eatre ! <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Un seul verbe irr\u00e9gulier&#8230; aussi le plus utilis\u00e9 !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>J&#8217;<\/td><td>\u00e9t<strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-kb-palette-10-color\">ais<\/mark><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tu<\/td><td>\u00e9t<strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-kb-palette-10-color\">ais<\/mark><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Elle\/Il\/On<\/td><td>\u00e9t<strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-kb-palette-10-color\">ait<\/mark><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nous<\/td><td>\u00e9t<strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-kb-palette-10-color\">ions<\/mark><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vous<\/td><td>\u00e9t<strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-kb-palette-10-color\">iez<\/mark><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Elles\/Ils<\/td><td>\u00e9t<strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-kb-palette-10-color\">aient<\/mark><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Although irregular, it can be memorized quickly, so good luck!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now finish this lesson with a quiz to validate your knowledge!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-fluent-crm-conditional-content\"><div class=\"fc-cond-blocks\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ecole601.com\/en\/register\">Register for free<\/a> <\/strong>to do the exercises and access +1000 exercises and videos in French.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large blurred\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/ecole601.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/imparfait-en-francais-exercices-3-1024x449.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecole601.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/imparfait-en-francais-exercices-3-1024x449.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ecole601.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/imparfait-en-francais-exercices-3-600x263.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/ecole601.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/imparfait-en-francais-exercices-3-300x132.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ecole601.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/imparfait-en-francais-exercices-3-768x337.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ecole601.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/imparfait-en-francais-exercices-3-624x274.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/ecole601.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/imparfait-en-francais-exercices-3-80x35.jpeg 80w, https:\/\/ecole601.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/imparfait-en-francais-exercices-3-100x44.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/ecole601.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/imparfait-en-francais-exercices-3.jpeg 1213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the wonderful world of the imperfect tense (imparfait), a verb tense full of nuances and possibilities! 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