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When do you use the imperfect tense?

The imperfect tense is a past tense that describes how things used to be, what used to happen and is used to give opinions about past events . It describes an ongoing action in the past or something that use...
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Answered by Roisin M. • French tutor
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How do you know whether to use avoir or être in the perfect tense?

Most verbs form their perfect tense with avoir. There are two main groups of verbs, however, which form their perfect tense with être :-All reflexive verbs -A group of verbs that are mainly used to talk abou...
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How do you know if a noun is feminine and needs la' before it or if a noun is masculine and needs 'le'?

This is one of those questions that doesn't have a straightforward answer and it is only through experience of the language that one learns the gender of each noun. However, there are some noun endings that ...
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Answered by Natasha G. • French tutor
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What tense should I use in an "if"/"si" clause.

The "si" clause in French can use a few different tenses depending on what kind of hypothesis you want to talk about. There are three main uses that each use a different combination of tenses. 1) A...
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Answered by James C. • French tutor
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How do I form the past tense of the verb 'to go' (aller)?

The past tense, or passé composé, of the verb to go is formed using the conjugated form of the verb 'to be' - être (known as the auxiliary verb) - with the past participle, for ''aller' this is 'allé(e)'. Th...
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Answered by Millie K. • French tutor
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