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L'Imparfait

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How do you form the imparfait in French? Drop the -ons ending from the nous form in the present tense and replace it with the imparfait endings.
What are the imparfait endings? -ais, -ais, -ait, -ions, -iez, -aient
parler (je) je parlais
parler (tu) tu parlais
parler (il) il parlait
parler (nous) nous parlions
parler (vous) vous parliez
parler (ils) ils parlaient
finir (je) je finissais
finir (tu) tu finissais
finir (il) il finissait
finir (nous) nous finissions
finir (vous) vous finissiez
finir (ils) ils finissaient
vendre (je) je vendais
vendre (tu) tu vendais
vendre (il) il vendait
vendre (nous) nous vendions
vendre (vous) vous vendiez
vendre (ils) ils vendaient
boire (je) je buvais
boire (tu) tu buvais
boire (il) il buvait
boire (nous) nous buvions
boire (vous) vous buviez
boire (ils) ils buvaient
être (je) j'étais
être (tu) tu étais
être (il) il était
être (nous) nous étions
être (vous) vous étiez
être (ils) ils étaient
What changes with verbs that end in -ger? add an e before all of the endings in the imparfait except nous and vous forms
What changes with verbs that end in -cer? add ç before all endings except in the nous and vous forms.
voyager (je) je voyageais
voyager (tu) tu voyageais
voyager (il) il voyageait
voyager (nous) nous voyagions
voyager (vous) vous voyagiez
voyager (ils) ils voyageaient
commencer (je) je commençais
commencer (tu) tu commençais
commencer (il) il commençait
commencer (nous) nous commencions
commencer (vous) vous commenciez
commencer (ils) ils commençaient
What happens to the nous and vous forms of verbs that end in -ier? They will contain a double i in the imparfait.
skier (nous) nous skiions
skier (vous) vous skiiez
étudier (nous) nous étudiions
étudier (vous) vous étudiiez
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