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Both the perfect and imperfect tenses are forms of the past tense - for describing events or actions which have already happened. The perfect tense (le passé composé) is used when an action was a one-off ...

There are three main uses for the imperfect tense:For descriptions in the past e.g. C'était une expérience incroyable (it was an incredible experience)For repeated actions in the past e.g. Je jouais au te...