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How do you know when to use the imperfect tense and when to use the perfect?

The imperfect tense is used for an action that was ongoing in the past (Je lisais un roman = I was reading a novel). These verbs are often incomplete, hence, imperfect. An example of this is the sentence:Je ...
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Answered by Matthew L. • French tutor
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What is the imperfect tense and how do I conjugate it?

The imperfect tense describes something one 'used to do'. It is less specific than the perfect tense, which describes a specific action taking place at a specific time, and is used to describe more general a...
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Answered by Michael J. • French tutor
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What is the difference between a definite and an indefinite article?

Single Indefinite Article Un/Une in French is in English what you would use as a/an: a bottle = une bouteille a mobile phone = un GSM an actress = une actrice an actor = un acteur Here you can see that for b...
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Answered by Bianca K. • French tutor
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What is the difference between bon and bien in french?

Though you could say this problem is a fairly basic one, this was always a question I had difficulty with during school, and I felt that I never got a clear answer. Having now spent a year in France, I will ...
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Answered by Joseph P. • French tutor
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How do I form the perfect tense?

The perfect tense consists of avoir/etre (auxiliary) + the past participle. You use the perfect tense for things which happened once in the past. For example: Je fin -> J'ai fini Je vais -> Je suis allé
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Answered by Sam R. • French tutor
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