When do we use imparfait

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Only that can make sense. Although they look alike, they are different in the meaning. Gerund is like a noun: I like reading. Present Participle is like an adjective: The girl reading a magazine is very pretty. Which girl? Baiser would have been useful for the person who was a little over affectionate with his SO at the airport drop off lane:.

Display a Gravatar image next to my comments. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. If your answer to that question is the imperfect tense, bienvenue au club.

Table of Contents. When should you use it? This is the gist of it. That rule also gives use the imperfect for second-group verbs. Same thing with verbs in -cer.

Most commonly:. Did you notice? For instance: Je suis en train de manger. You can talk about it afterwards! Students love it! Merci beaucoup. I remember so much.

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