imparfait
Il était une sage poète.
Je suis l'imparfait de la perfection.
There are numerous past tenses in French. "It had" will most likely be imperfect (imparfait), so it would be "il avait". If "it had" is preterite (passé composé), it would be "il a eu".
There isn't really a structure for this in French.You could use the imperfect tense to show a repeated past habit that has finished.
Well you are Imperfect EVERYONE is Imperfect ... so what i am trying to say is don't say your perfect ... No one is so use that word when someone is trying to act ''All that ''
Maldon était une jolie ville
you say C'etait Bon, It was good in English using the imperfect tense of etre to be,or you can say c'est bon ca. Imperfect means you were doing something or you use to do something. To those language pedants I know I have left out correct accents, but I only have an English Keyboard.
The word 'imparfait' may be an adjective in French. As such, it may mean imperfect, as of an image; incomplete, as of a work; and partial, as of a cure. The word also may be used as a noun. As such, perhaps its most common use is the name of the verb tense that's the French equivalent of the English imperfect. The French imperfect tense may be expressed in the indicative mood [of reality] or the subjunctive mood [of wishes].
"Avait" is the derivative of the verb "Avoir" in french, meaning "to have". It is third-person imperfect. "Il avait" - "He had"
j'aimais tu aimais il/elle aimait nous aimions vous aimiez ils/elles aimaient
J'ai été malade de mer. On dit j'ai eu le mal de mer
los humanos no son perfectos.