Imparfait
How do you form the verb stem in imparfait?
drop the -ons ending from the noun form of the present tense.
-ais
-ais
-ait
-ions
-iez
-aient
In this example, why do we use imparfait?
J'étais malade (I was sick)
It is used for description (emotion, personality, statement), with the verb être.
In this example, why do we use imparfait?
Il faisait beau (it was a nice day)
It is used for background description.
In this example, why do we use imparfait?
Nous achetions des fleurs au marché tous les weekends.
The imparfait is used to talk about actions that took place repeatedly or habitually in the past.