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Passé composé and imparfait (or imperfect) are both past tenses, but are used in different circumstances.The imparfait is most commonly used when speaking about: events that are not specifically defined w...

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Certainement en ville, je suis sans doute. Personellement, la tranquilité à la campagne ne m'amuse jamais. J'aime bien le fait qu'en ville, c'est très animé et il y a beauco...

(1) ‘Mrs Vandertramp’ verbs. These can be remembered as sets of opposites:Naître/ mourir. (To be born and to die),aller/ venir (to go and to come), monter/ descendre (to go up and to come down)Arriver/ pa...

In English, the perfect tense always requires the auxiliary verb "to have", but in French, you will need to use either avoir (= "to have") or "être" (= to be). Most verbs wil...

The words 'depuis' and 'pendant' are both used to express the duration of an event, meaning that it is easy for English speakers to mix them up and use them incorrectly. However, there is an important dis...