The differences in between the Passe compose and l'imparfait
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- The differences in between the Passe compose and l'imparfait
- Passe compose
- Example: j'ai mange (I ate)
- Narrates specific events
- Describes on or more event than began and ended in the past
- Example: J'ai pris des photos (I took photos)
- Describes a single event or something that happens a specific number of times
- J'ai voyage en France l'annee derniere (I travelled to France last year)
- Indicates a change in a general physical or mental state by an isolated cause.
- J'ai eu peur quand le chien a aboye - I was scared when the dog barked.
- Indicators
- un an - a year
- tout a coup - all of a sudden
- L'imparfait
- Example: je mangeais (I was eating)
- Describes past situations
- Describes ongoing actions with no specific completions
- Example: je prenais des photos- I was taking photos
- describes something that happens a repeated number of times in the past.
- Example: Je voyageais en France tous les ans - I used to travel to France every year.
- Describes a general or physical state of beings
- For example: J'avais peur des chiens - I was afraid of dogs
- Indicators
- chaque semaine/mois/anee - every week/month/year
- le weekend - on the weekends
- le lundi, le mardi - on monday/tuesday
- tous les jours - every day
- le soir - in the evenings
- normalement - normally
- d'habitude - usually
- rarement-rarely
- Passe compose
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