-ais
Je/Tu ending
-ait
Il/Elle/On ending
-ions
Nous ending
-iez
Vous ending
-aient
Ils/Elles ending
how to form the imperfect tense
1. Find the nous form of a verb in present tense
2. Take off the ending "ons"
3. Add the ending that matches the pronoun
�t
stem of �tre in imperfect tense
functions
1. setting the scene (time, weather, what was going on)
2. steady state (age, feelings, how things were)
3. habits (what used to happen, what repeatedly happened)
when to use pass� compos�
1. action that advances the story (new thing that happened)
2. change in state/condition (suddenly)
3. events that happen in a sequence (first this happened, then that)