Indicative imperfect / Basic rules

USES

Indicative imperfect is used to describe an action or fact happened in the past but which may still be taking place :
examples : je rigolais, il se droguait, nous travaillions...I laughed, he took drugs, we worked ...

It's very often used in the description of a location
examples : Nuclear wastes poured in nature...les déchets nucléaires se déversaient dans la nature ...

VERBS ENDINGS

Whatever group they belong to, endings remain fixed

Indicative imperfect
Pronoun	1^st group	2^nd group	3^rd group
je / j' -ais	tombais	vomissais	surprenais
tu -ais	tombais	vomissais	surprenais
il / elle / on	tombait	vomissait	surprenait
nous	tombions	vomissions	surprenions
vous	tombiez	vomissiez	surpreniez
ils / elles	tombaient	vomissaient	surprenaient

AUXILIARY VERBS

Auxiliary verbs
Pronoun	être	avoir
je / j'	étais	avais
tu	étais	avais
il / elle / on	était	avait
nous	étions	avions
vous	étiez	aviez
ils / elles	étaient	avaient

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BASIC RULES

Indicative

Conditional

Subjonctive

Imperative

Present and past