{"id":92,"date":"2024-03-06T18:48:39","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T23:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/frenchoer2\/?post_type=chapter&p=92"},"modified":"2024-03-08T18:40:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T23:40:13","slug":"9-2-raconter-des-histoires-au-passe","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/frenchoer2\/chapter\/9-2-raconter-des-histoires-au-passe\/","title":{"raw":"9.2: Raconter des histoires au pass\u00e9","rendered":"9.2: Raconter des histoires au pass\u00e9"},"content":{"raw":"

In this section, you will learn how to use l'imparfait<\/strong> to describe past states, settings and background actions.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n

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L'imparfait<\/strong> is used to describe situations, states, and conditions that were ongoing in the past, with no definite beginning or end, like actions that are part of a setting or background.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The imperfect is used to describe actions that were in progress at some time in the past. It can thus be used to describe the setting or background actions occurring while other specific and isolated actions (expressed with the pass\u00e9 compos\u00e9<\/strong>) occur.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

In English, the use of the imperfect is often expressed with: \"was, were\" + doing something. For example, \"They were eating when....\"  <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Structure : Imparfait<\/span><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n
Conjugaison \u00e0 l'imparfait<\/caption>\r\n
Infinitif<\/th>\r\n Racine (1re personne, pl., pr\u00e9sent = nous)<\/th>\r\n Terminaisons<\/th>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <\/thead>\r\n
aimer<\/td>\r\n aim-<\/td>\r\n -ais, -ais, -ait, -ions, -iez, -aient<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
avoir<\/td>\r\n av-<\/td>\r\n -ais, -ais, -ait, -ions, -iez, -aient<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
\u00eatre<\/td>\r\n \u00e9t-<\/td>\r\n -ais, -ais, -ait, -ions, -iez, -aient<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
vouloir<\/td>\r\n voul-<\/td>\r\n -ais, -ais, -ait, -ions, -iez, -aient<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
se sentir<\/td>\r\n me, te, se, nous, vous, se sent-<\/td>\r\n -ais, -ais, -ait, -ions, -iez, -aient<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
croire<\/span><\/td>\r\n croy-<\/td>\r\n -ais, -ais, -ait, -ions, -iez, -aient<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
voir<\/span><\/td>\r\n voy-<\/td>\r\n -ais, -ais, -ait, -ions, -iez, -aient<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
recevoir<\/span><\/td>\r\n recev-<\/td>\r\n -ais, -ais, -ait, -ions, -iez, -aient<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n

Pour en savoir plus sur l'imparfait<\/a> et les verbes voir, croire, et recevoir.<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n

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