How do you form the imperfect tense in French?
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Take a regular verb, e.g. jouer-to play.
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Conjugate it in the 1st person plural, I.e. nous. E.g. jouer= jouons
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Take off the -ons, to leave the stem. E.g. jou
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Add on the imperfect endings to the stem. Je-ais, Tu-ais, Il/Elle-ait, Nous-ions, Vous-iez, Ils/Elles-aient.
E.g. Je jouais, Tu jouais, Il/Elle jouait, Nous jouions, Vous jouiez, Ils/Elles jouaient
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