Order for imparfait, french, need fast help!?

Question

Hey, i need help fast for my french homework. Just need to know what is the order of things for imparfait what i mean is like location comes first i think then its stuff like weather, physical condition and so on.

Answer 1

Here is an exemple : Hier matin, il tombait de la neige en abondance sur Paris.

Yesterday morning, There was snow falling in abundance on Paris.

But you could also say :

- Il tombait, hier matin, de la neige en abondance sur Paris

- Il tombait de la neige en abondance, hier matin, sur Paris

- Il tombait de la neige en abondance sur Paris, hier matin

Answer 2

Give an example

Answer 3

You are raising two issues in one here.

The Imparfait and the sentence grammatical order.

The imparfait is the most common past tense with Plu-perfect.

Example of Imparfait :

INFINITIF/PRESENT (1st plural)/IMPARFAIT (1st singular)

Avoir/Nous av-ons/j’ av-ais  

Parler/Nous parl-ons/je parl-ais  

Finir/Nous finiss-ons/je finiss-ais  

Aller/nous all-ons/j’ all-ais  

Venir/Nous ven-ons/je ven-ais  

Dire/Nous dis-ons/je dis-ais  

Prendre/Nous pren-ons/je pren-ais  

Boire/Nous buv-ons/je buv-ais  

Devoir/Nous dev-ons/je dev-ais  

Pouvoir/Nous pouv-ons/je pouv-ais  

Etudier/Nous étudi-ons/j'étudi-ais

Manger/Nous mange-ons/je mange-ais  

All are usually pretty much the same except for one verb:

Être /vous êtes/j’ ét-ais  

2)For the use of Imparfait, here a few example of correctly built grammatical sentences:

a/For a description :

Il faisait beau, le ciel était bleu et le soleil brillait; les enfants jouaient dans le jardin avec le chien.

(It was a beautiful day, the sky was blue and the sun was shining; the children were playing in the garden with the dog)

b/A certain amount of time (with no precision on how far long it is) :

Quand ma mère était petite, la télévision n’existait pas.

(when my mother was little, the television did not exist)

c/A habit:

Tous les jours, je jouais avec mon frère et je faisais mes devoirs après le dîner.

(Every day, I was playing with my brother and I was doing my homework after dinner).



Further info can be found on this link:

http://french.about.com/library/weekly/a...

And some exercises can be found on this one:

http://www.columbia.edu/~fms5/fim2.html

Answer 4

well look, im learning french so:

1:you must know all the verbs if u know them...

2:u put the first character from plural(nous).

3:and the upshots...-ais for I

                                -ais      YOU

                                -ait      HE, SHE , IT

                               -ions    WE

                                -iez    Y OU

                                -aient THEY

iF YOY WANT TO DO IMPARFAIT. NAMELY, IMPERFECT TENSE AND EVERY SENTENCE U WILL DO WITH THIS TENCE IT'LL MEANS ''BARELY YOU DID SMTH''

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