L'imparfait

Question 1

What is the first thing you do with the verb?

Answer 1

Conjugate it to “nous” in present tense, then remove the “ons” at the end

Example: Finir –> finissons –> finiss

Question 2

Terminaison pour “Je”

Answer 2

-ais (“eh”)

Question 3

Terminaison pour “Tu”

Answer 3

-ais (“eh”)

Question 4

Terminaison pour “Il/Elle/On/Iel”

Answer 4

-ait “eh”

Question 5

Terminaison pour “Nous”

Answer 5

-ions (“yon”)

Question 6

Terminaison pour “Vous”

Answer 6

-iez (“yeh”)

Question 7

Terminaison pour “Ils/Elles”

Answer 7

-aient (“eh” but Ms. T said “ay-ont”??? Je ne sais pas)

Question 8

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Question 9

Do you conjugate “Manger” for Je or Tu as: “Mangais”?

Answer 9

No, you would do it as “mangeais” to be consistent with the pronunciation.

For anything that ends with “-ger” you will keep the “e”. The exceptions are nous and vous (-ions and -iez), then you dont add the “e”.

Question 10

Is “Mangeions” correct?

Answer 10

No, you do not keep the “e” for verbs that end in “-ger” with nous or vous, only je, tu, il/elle, and ils/elles.

Question 11

is “Mangeaient” correct?

Answer 11

Yes! You keep the “e” after verbs that end in “-ger” for je, tu, il/elle, and ils/elles.

Question 12

What would you do if a verb ends in “-cer”?

Answer 12

You would replace the “c” with a cédille (ç) except for nous and vous to stay consistent with the pronunciation rules of French.

e.g. “commençais” vs “commencais”

Question 13

Is “commencais” correct for “je/tu commencer”?

Answer 13

No, “commençais” would be. You replace “c” with “ç”

Question 13

Is “commençiez” correct for “vous commencer”?

Answer 13

No, you do not need to replace the “c” with “ç” because the pronunciation is not affected with the “i” instead of “e”

Question 14

Is “commençait” correct?

Answer 14

Yes. I’m too lazy to explain why.