Imperfect tense

Imperfect tense

Uses of the imperfect:Saying what you used

to do

Describing things in the past

Saying what you were doing

Imperfect tense

Take the “nous” part of the verb:

Remove the “ons” ending:

finissons

Add the correct imperfect ending:

finiss

Je finissais

I was finishing ...

I used to finish

Imperfect tense

Je finissais

I was finishing

Imperfect tense

Tu finissais

You (familiar) were finishing

Imperfect tense

Il finissait

He was finishing

Imperfect tense

Elle finissait

She was finishing

Imperfect tense

On finissait

We were finishing

Imperfect tense

Nous finiss ions

We were finishing

Imperfect tense

Vous finiss iez

You (polite) were finishing

You (plural) were finishing

Imperfect tense

Ils finissaient

They (masculine) were finishing

Imperfect tense

Elles finissaient

They (feminine) were finishing