Imparfait vs Passé composé in French - What are the differences ?
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- One of the most complicated subjects for French learners is to know when to use Imparfait vs Passé composé. They are both past tenses but have very specific uses. The rule is just about the duration of the action, that's the only thing you need to know.
This lesson includes :
- When to use imparfait
- When to use passé composé
- Clue words for imparfait
- Clue words for passé composé
- Sentences / Examples with passé composé and imparfait
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I hope the differences between the 2 tenses are more clear for you now 🙂 Thank you for watching ❤️
Keep learning about the passé composé and all the rules right here czcams.com/play/PL_bt5rj27IIWHuWovT9NpMB0T2pivbpOM.html
Thanks I changed it :)
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Thank you mam I understand the difference in one go
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Literally,now my mind understood this topic because i was messing up in between passé composé-imparfait , But thanks to you .your teaching will help me 😊
Glad to hear that :)
You just saved my life! I had no idea about that stuff and I'm writing a class test this week! I love how you explain it 💟 I'll definitely come back if I need help:)
I am so glad it helped you! Come back to let me know how was your test )
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Thank you so much !!! I feel more confident to keep learning french after watching your videos!!! Merci beaucoup:)
That's awesome 🤩 Did you see that I have a full conjugation course on this channel? It could help you with other tenses if you need :)
The most precise and useful explanation of these 2 tenses. Thank you.
That's great! Thank you for your comment Evan
What a great lesson!!! Nothing short of a life-saver. Merci beaucoup!
You're very welcome!
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This is the best video that has helped me understand the difference. Thank you! I get it now, finally.
Eliza I have another video about this subject coming next Wednesday. More complete than this one :D
Makes so much sense now. Merci pour cette série ❤
Christine you are on fire today :D
Merci beaucoup!
My teacher been trying to teach us this for a week, but I still didn't get it, and I finally get it after watching your videos!
It's a tricky one so I am glad I was able to help :)
Merci. J'essayais comprendre cette lecon, mais je ne peux pas pour deux semaines. Merci beaucoup !! Maintenant, Je comprends.... YAY !!! ( I am still learning )
I just took a zoom class on l'imparfait vs passe compose I didn't understand. Now, after watching your video, it is very clear. Merci!!
I am so glad my video helped you but I am sorry you paid for a lesson for nothing :/
Merci beaucoup madame . Maintenant, je suis comprends bien tous les explanations avec belle femme pour mes examens français demain et je n'ai pas peur pour ecrire mon examen .😊😊😊😊😊
Super 😀👏
Your duration graph made it very clear. Thank-you.
You are welcome :)
Wow, you explained this so clearly. I now understand the difference and why and how they are both used in the same sentence. Merci 🎉🎉!
I am so glad Leslie 🤩
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Ultimate guide.
Merci beaucoup
Pas de quoi :)
I had watched so many videos couldnt understand but only your video make me understand very clearly. Thank you mam!
Most welcome 😊
I watched ur video the night before my test. It helped a lot, thank you :)
Great to hear :)
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Very well explained, thank you dear
My pleasure 😊
bonjour pour cette vidéo. In a nutshell can we say, imparfait is a continuous action until suddenly it is stopped by passe compose.
par example : je marchais quand mon téléphone a sonné.
"I was walking" is a long action and "my telephone rang" was a short action that occurred for a short period of time .
That's correct :)
@@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane can you make a video regarding arriver and se passer as i feel these are interchangeable
It is very useful. Please don't stop to make videos
I won't 😉
remercier a vous, cette video a aide moi beaucoup. J'ai de dur fois quand comprends les conjugasions. :'D
J'ai des promlèms en cette topique. Merci pour votre efforts 😀
This was extremely clear I think because you explained what you would know and what you would not know from it's use and therfore how to differentiate. Plus the flag words, thank you. As one only 'hears' the tense on the nous and vous it's hard to hear the conjugation at all! Many thanks
So glad it helped :D
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I finally get it! Merci.
One of the best videos, simple and very informative 👍
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THANK YOU!
I am so glad it helped you 🤩
Great explanation of when to use each tense.
Glad you liked it!
That's excellent; vous expliquez cela tres bien. Merci
Merci beaucoup ☺️
Magnifique, je crois que c'est la meme choce comme en Italien, n'est pas? Je suis heureux que j'ai vous decouvrez! Merci!
Très bonne question Niño, j'avoue que je ne suis pas très forte en italien 😉
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Merci à toi :)
I think I know understand the difference. Merci beaucoup!
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This is incredibly helpful, Thank you from Michigan USA, Dylane
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Pas de quoi 🙂
Thanks so much. I was really struggling with the difference. Merci!
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As the name of your web site, you have perfectly explained the difference between the two tenses. Rspect
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Hi thank you for the video. Its a lot clearer. With l’Imparfait, how can you tell if the translation is “…was doing something” or “…used to do something”?
used to but it can be both sometimes :)
Good explanation n comparision with English examples . Tks
Glad it was helpful!
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Merci , mam for the wonderful explanation
It's my pleasure
So, would the Imparfait be the Past Continuous Tense in English, and the Passe Compose, the Plain Past Tense?
These two actions happening at the same time would give us the Participle Mood. I am from South Africa and started studying on my own two months ago. I speak Afrikaans and English and isiXhosa which is an African Language and studied German and Latin at school. I must say, the French Pronunciation is very difficult because I am used to sharp sound like German. My dentist lived in Franch for 11 years and are fluent, she is like my daughter, so I thought I would surprize her my learning French. I am also her isiXhosa teacher. Allow me to say that you really are an EXCELLENT teacher. Regards.
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Merci Dylane,
In your example for "Hier", I'm a little confused why the sentence wouldn't be "Je suis alle au magasin hier" instead of "J'ai ete...." sorry can't figure out the accents on this keyboard! Love the lessons.
Merci Beaucoup
Mike, we use j’ai été more than je suis allé in French. I should have said je suis allé to not confuse anyone but it’s so natural that I didn’t even think about it :/
Aussi "on a été au lit".
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Thank you dear french mentor it was helpful for me it indeed paved the way how to differentiate between these two tenses.🙏🇦🇫🇨🇵
Excellent!
Merci beaucoup madame. Après, j'ai vu ce vidéo, j'ai compris.
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Malheureusement non, j'y pense doucement mais je dois d'abord finir d'autres projets 🙂
@@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane merci pour votre réponse. Votre canal sur CZcams est génial. Pardon moi parce que je ne parle pas bien le français.
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Merci, explained perfectly
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Super helpful. Merci!
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Salut. Enchante. If I understand right, imparfait is a mix of English present simple but for past, and English past continue. While, passe compose is something like English past simple and present perfect.
Yes, that's correct Asif, even tho I am always careful when referring to a specific tense in English because we used them differently as well. So don't focus too much on an equivalent tense because it could lead to some errors in the future :)
@@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane thanks for advice. I'll keep it in mind)
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My pleasure :)
Thank you very very much
You are welcome ☺️
Merci
De rien :)
One thing I didn't understand was at 5:56 you used ete instead of alle for going to the store
J'ai été is commonly used in French instead of Je suis allé. One of these things :)
I should have used je suis allé to avoid confusion
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Merci Marlena :)
Thank you
Pas de quoi :)
I love it.
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4:45 to Bake is just Faire?? Not faire cuire au four?
Oh I can see how it's confusing. Faire for us replace a lot of every day verbs.
In this case : La personne fait un gâteau / Le gâteau cuit dans le four.
Does it make more sense?
Thx pls also make a video on how to learn the french accent
I have a whole course on pronunciation ;)
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Bonjour Dylane actually i saw a problem around 5:42 in the video where u are explaining clue words of passé compsé , the sentence u wrote is "J'ai été au magasin heir" and that should be
" je suis allé(e) au magasin hier"
Am i wrong ?
Please let me know
Both are correct. In spoken French we use more J'ai été than je suis allé :)
@@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane D'accord j'ai compris
Merci beaucoup 😄
Thanks 👍
You are welcome 🙂
@@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane apart from being a great French instructor you are a wonderful person. Thanks for replying .
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True but we use "J'ai été" instead of "je suis allé" as a way to say "I went" ;)
Merci!
De rien Kim 🙂
Merci beaucoup pour la vidéo! J'ai une question. On dit "c'était absolument dégoûtant" ou "ca a été absolument dégoûtant" et pourquoi ?
C'était absolument dégoûtant, on utilise rarement "ça a été" ;)
@@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane Ah! Merci beaucoup!
Hello, I want to ask what if there are two verbs in imparfait sentence. Do we conjugate both verbs or just the first one?
No you conjugate both
Thank you very much
Hey, had a doubt
Q) Tous les matins, Max et Samuel _________ (se réveiller) à 6h
You had mentioned 'tous les jours' in clue words. I found 'tous les matins' to be pretty similar so i used imparfait. However my teacher tells me that it ought to be in present tense. Could you explain?
You are not wrong ... and your teacher isn't wrong either. The problem is the context. Was it a test about the past? Or everything mixed? If it's the last one, your teacher should give you more indication about the time around examples. Is it done? Imparfait. Is it a habit that is still happening today? Présent.
I hope it helps :)
@@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane It was the latter, everything was mixed, she said i should have written it in present, but didn't deduct marks even tho I used imparfait. Thanks for the explanation!
At 5:48 shouldn't you say je suis allé au magasin hier?
Yes but both are right :)
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Dear Dylane: If I say: je suis allé au magasin hier. Or ; j ai ete au magasin hier. What is the difference?
The meaning is the same, just different verbs ;)
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You saved me so much pain, I have been so confused and stuck with this for about a week
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Thank you! 😃
How can "j''ai été au magasin hier" be translated as I went to the store yesterday ? " j'ai été = I was or I have been ? Why not write "Je suis allé au magasin hier " ? Je suis confuse !
Things don't always translate word by word from one language to another. We can say "je suis allé au magasin" as well, but "j'ai été" also means I went 🙂
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5:21 J'ai ete au magasin hier. I believe ete means was, so why was ete used instead of je suis alle au magasin hier to say I went to the store yesterday?
J'ai été = Je suis allé(e) - same meaning, we use them both as "to go" 😉
Nice
Thanks :)
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