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Vendredi soir, mon petit ami et moi, nous nous sommes disputés (se disputer). Je regardais (regarder) mon feuilleton préféré à la télé quand Paul a entré (entrer) dans le salon. Il a pris (prendre) la télécommande et il a changé (changer) de chaîne! Évidemment, il a voulou (vouloir) regarder le match de foot. Je n' étais (être) pas contente et je lui ai diré (dire) ce que je pensais.
Step-by-step explanation:
The imparfait is used to describe an ongoing or repeated action in the past, you can think of it as similar to "was/were" in english. The passé composé is used to describe an action that only occurred once in the past. Once you figure out which one to use in each case, just conjugate the verb in the correct tense.
1) Passé Composé
- consists of two parts: the auxiliary verb and the past participle
- auxiliary verb can be avoir or etre (most of the time it is avoir, but there are a select few that take etre. however, all reflexive verbs take etre. Since there aren't any etre ones in this passage i won't explain it)
The way to conjugate a verb in the past is:
pronoun + corresponding conjugation of auxiliary verb + past participle of veb you want to use
All verbs have different past participles, but there is a general trend:
er verbs = ending in é
ir verbs = ending in i
re verbs = ending in u
* keep in mind, like anything else in French, there are lots of exceptions to the rule : )
In a sentence it would look like this:
- tu + as + mangé + du pain
- il + a + ouvri + son cadeaux
- nous + avons + perdu + notre chat
2) Imparfait
- this tense is much simpler, all you have to do is choose the verb you want to use, take the "nous" form of that verb and change the ending
The endings are:
je - ais
tu - ais
il/elle - ait
nous - ions
vous - iez
ils/elles - aient
For example:
Take the verb marcher, these are the steps to conjugate it in the imparfait:
1) take the nous form = marchons
2) remove the ons = march
3) add the correct ending according to the pronoun i'm using. I'll use vous, so = marchiez
I end up with: vous marchiez
Hope this helped : )