thatsstrange

[lilac rover]

Please be patient

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[ember gale]

google it, if you have any questions do let us know

this is such a broad topic its hard to type in one go, and the resources online are pretty reliable

[ornate brook]

@coral wing Please answer in the auto-created threads to help us keep the salle-de-class tidy! :)

[final hinge]

Long story short, It is used for actions that have been done in the past and that continue on to the present, and is also used for habitual actions in the past.

I used to eat/I was eating - Je mangeais

[stoic lark]

Correction, imparfait by definition means that it doesn’t continue to the present. If it does, it’ll be the présent instead of the imparfait.