4.3.9

Imperfect Tense - Irregular RE Verbs

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Irregular RE Verbs in the Imperfect Tense

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Verbs like 'prendre'

  • Prendre → nous prenons → pren
    • Because verbs like 'prendre' are irregular in the 'nous' form of the present tense, they have an irregular imperfect stem.
    • You just add the imperfect endings.
      • Je prenais
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  • A lot of the no pattern irregular verbs in the present tense have irregular 'nous' forms.
  • This means they have irregular imperfect stems.
  • You just add the imperfect endings to these irregular stems.
    • Faire → nous faisons → fais
      • Je faisais.
    • Boire → nous buvons → buv
      • Je buvais.

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4.5Future Tense

5Advanced Tenses

6Extra Grammar

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