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When should you use the passé simple instead of the imparfait?/Quand devrais-tu utiliser le passé simple à la place de l'imparfait?

The passé simple is used to describe an action that belongs exclusively in the past and was not a habit, as in it happened only once in the past; whereas the imparfait is used to decribe an action that...

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Answered by Arthur B. French tutor
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How do you conjugate "avoir" in the first person of the imperfect?

J'avais

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Answered by Charlotte O. French tutor
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How do I form the conditional tense?

Take the infinitive of the verb (parler) as with the future tense and add the endings for the imperfect tense e.g 

Je parlerais, Tu parlerais, Il parlerait, Nous parlerions,Vous parleriez...

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Answered by Oliver H. French tutor
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When do we use the perfect and imperfect tense and what is the difference between the two?

Unfortunately one of the hardest things when it comes to learning about the past tense in French is learning the difference between the perfect and imperfect tense and wh...

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Answered by Emily C. French tutor
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How to form the passe compose with avoir

Let's use the word manger (to eat) as an example, the sentence will be I have eaten

First: let's get the pronoun 'I':

je 

Next, we take the auxi...

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Answered by Sarah B. French tutor
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