'Depuis' + Imperfect Tense
French: Cambridge International GCSE, topic 6.3.9
'Depuis' + Imperfect Tense
You can use depuis with the imperfect tense to describe past actions continuing for some time.
'Depuis' + imperfect tense
- Depuis means 'since' or 'for'.
- The imperfect tense describes ongoing or repeated past actions.
- We use depuis + imperfect to talk about actions that were happening continuously in the past.
- Je lisais un livre depuis deux heures.
- I was reading a book for two hours.
When to use 'depuis' + imperfect
- Use depuis + imperfect for incomplete past actions.
- These actions started before a point in the past and were still going on.
- It shows duration of the past action.
Examples
- Elle regardait la télé depuis ce matin.
- She was watching TV since this morning.
- Nous jouions aux cartes depuis une heure.
- We were playing cards for one hour.