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These two tenses both express actions and states in the past. However, the imparfait should be used in cases of repetitive situations, a description or an action without a limited time frame. For instance...

There is no simple answer for this! In short, the gender of nouns in French must be learnt, rehearsed and repeated until you can't hear the word any other way. Although there are some shortcuts for this, ...

It's easy to worry about rules with complicated names like this one, but they're normally simpler than they sound. This rule only applies with 'passé composé' and pluperfect phrases. When the direct objec...

If can replace a with 'avait' for instance they you do not need an a with apostrophe. i.e je vais à la cantine. (the sentence would not make sense if you were to replace à with avait hence you need 'à' an...

Je me lève tôt le matin. Je suis toujours en bonne forme car, pour mon travail, je fais au moins douze kilomètres de marche chaque jour. Le seul inconvénient, c’est les chiens méchants ! Je finis mon t...