I just dont understand the difference between passe compose and imparfait. Could anyone help me? Merci beacoup.
Difference between passe compose and imparfait
It's the difference between simple present perfect and past continuous: eg. I have done vs I was doing. Note that in French, the passe compose tends to (if it already hasn't) replace the passe simple completely; so in english the juxtapposition would be simple past/ simple present perfect vs past continuous: I did/I have done vs I was doing.
So thats the difference. Thanks!
My teacher said that imparfait is the most commonly used tense in french, is that true? It seems that the simple past tense is more widely used in english than past continuous.
My teacher said that imparfait is the most commonly used tense in french, is that true? It seems that the simple past tense is more widely used in english than past continuous.
I would say the most common past tense in French is passe compose, but let's hear what the native speakers have to say.
In Spanish we use the simple tense...
yo estudie
but also like the passe compose
yo he estudiado
In English is the same...
I studied
I have studied
In French and Italian The simple tense is garbage. It's History that's all!
I have studied French and i would say that the imparfait and the passe compose are equally used or mixed in conversation.
yo estudie
but also like the passe compose
yo he estudiado
In English is the same...
I studied
I have studied
In French and Italian The simple tense is garbage. It's History that's all!
I have studied French and i would say that the imparfait and the passe compose are equally used or mixed in conversation.
"In Spanish we use the simple tense..."
In Spain they tend to use mainly the passado compuesto as we do in French and Italian. In Latin America the use of the simple past is much more spread.
In Spain they tend to use mainly the passado compuesto as we do in French and Italian. In Latin America the use of the simple past is much more spread.