Imparfait
What is the Imparfait?
A past tense.
How many parts make up the Passé Composé (excluding the subject of the sentence)?
2 - the Auxiliary/Helping Verb and the Past Participle
Quoi de neuf? =
Quoi de neuf = What's up?/What's new?
du soleil =
du soleil = sunny
Which past tense is less complex?
Imparfait
The Imparfait is based off of what form of a verb?
The nous form
Fill in the blank:
J'___ MANGÉ HIER.
J'AI MANGÉ HIER
une cambriolage =
une cambriolage = a burglary
un orage =
un orage = a thunderstorm
True or False: The Passé Composé is used to talk about quick events, and things that usually happen once.
True
What is the only irregular verb in the Imparfait?
être
How many possible Auxiliary Verbs are there in the Passé Composé?
2 - être and avoir
être témoin de =
être témoin de = to witness
un ouragan =
un ouragan = a hurricane
What is the Past Participle of FINIR?
FINI
Conjugate the verb AVOIR in the TU form in the Imparfait.
TU AVAIS
What is the acronym that lists verbs that use ÊTRE as their Auxiliary/Helping Verb in the Passé Composé?
DR. MRS VANDERTRAMP
une incendie =
une incendie = a fire
What past tense is used with weather?
When telling a story, what past tense will be used more often than the other? Passé Composé or Imparfait?
Imparfait
The Imparfait is used to talk about what?
Backgrounds and descriptions (weather, time)
What is the Passé Composé used to talk about?
Main events
Tu plaisantes = You're kidding
What's the weather today?
What is special about using ÊTRE as your Auxiliary/Helping Verb in the Passé Composé?
The Past Participle agrees in # and gender with the subject.
ex: Elle est arrivée