When to use it: To describe what was happening or what used to happen at a certain time in the past. How to form it: The starting point is to know the nous form of present tense verbs. e.g:
Remove the -ons from the nous form, so that you are left with a stem:
Add the following endings to all imperfect verbs. e.g. je regardais:
There is only one exception! The imperfect stem of the verb être is ét-, used as in j'étais, etc. Here are two expressions using imperfect verbs that are really useful:
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