The Imperfect Tense in French
One of Seven Simple French Verb Tenses
Imperfect
Expresses past action as a process, a flow:P it examines action from the point of view of its duration, its extension in time
Verbs in the imperfect answer the questions “What was going on at the time? What were things like?”
Verb Tenses refer to various times (present, past, future)
Verb Moods correspond to different functions (indicative, infinitive, imperative)
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