"iez" is the vous ending in the imperfect. (For example, aimer --> aimiez.)
je - ais (je faisais)tu - ais (tu disais)il, elle - ait (elle aimait)nous - ions (nous finissions)vous - iez (vous trouviez)ils, elles - aient (ils avaient)
"Imparfait" in the indicative mode is the standard tense to describe an action happening or that happened in the past, regardless of its start or duration. The "passé composé" is used mostly to refer to a specific moment, not an action over its whole duration. The "passé simple" isn't used anymore, at least in oral French. The imparfait may also be used for modal reasons (for instance after a verb in "present", "passé simple" or "passé composé"), and can also be used to describe an hypothetical action. "Imparfait" in the subjonctive mode is not used in French anymore, because of the ridiculous pedantic sounding ending forms.
Verbe 'avoir' à l'indicatif imparfait: J'avais (=I had) Tu avais Il avait Nous avions Vous aviez Ils avaient
Had is usually in passé composé but it may be in imparfait i had= j'ai eu you had= tu as eu he/she had= il/elle a eu we had= nous avons eu you had (plural/formal)= vous avez eu they had= ils ont eu Passé Composé is used to describe what happened. Imparfait is used to described how things were or using physical and moral descriptions. Example: J'ai eu un verre d'eau chez Natalie. That means: I had a glass of water at Natalie's house. That is what happened: I had it. BUT for Imparfait.... Example: Quand j'avais 4 ans, mon chien a mangé le poisson. That means: When I was 4 years old, my dog ate the fish. That how it was when I was four years old.
je -ais tu -ais il/elle -ait nous -ions vous -iez ils/elles -ient
'saviez' is a form of the verb 'savoir', meaning to know in French ; it is the second person plural at the past tense 'imparfait'. vous saviez: you knew (you plural or formal)
je - ais (je faisais)tu - ais (tu disais)il, elle - ait (elle aimait)nous - ions (nous finissions)vous - iez (vous trouviez)ils, elles - aient (ils avaient)
imparfait
"j'avais" (imparfait) or "j'ai eu" (passé composé)
The cast of Imparfait du subjectif - 2011 includes: Raoul Schlechter
"Imparfait" in the indicative mode is the standard tense to describe an action happening or that happened in the past, regardless of its start or duration. The "passé composé" is used mostly to refer to a specific moment, not an action over its whole duration. The "passé simple" isn't used anymore, at least in oral French. The imparfait may also be used for modal reasons (for instance after a verb in "present", "passé simple" or "passé composé"), and can also be used to describe an hypothetical action. "Imparfait" in the subjonctive mode is not used in French anymore, because of the ridiculous pedantic sounding ending forms.
It's passé composé. Imparfait would be "Je naissais...".
It depends on the type ("groupe") and ending of verb, but it is usually as follows:"er" verbs: Root of the verb (infinitive without "er") + imparfait formFor instance: "manger", root "mang", "je mangeais", "tu mangeais", etc."ir" verbs: Root (infinitive without "ir") + "ss" + imparfait formFor instance: "rugir", root "rug", "je rugissais", "tu rugissais", etc.Some verbs in "ir" belong to the "third group", and omit the "ss".For instance: "tenir", root "ten", "je tenais", "tu tenais", etc.Verbs ending with "ure" are in that group too, the root is the infinitive minus "re"."dre" verbs: Root (infinitive without "dre") + imparfait formFor instance: "prendre", root "pren", "je prenais", "tu prenais", "il prenait", etc.The rules for the 3 groups of verbs above are generic and there are many exception verbs, but in short you keep the whole root, which the infinitive form minus the 2 or 3 last letters.The imparfait ending form is at least the same for all verbs, regular or not.
Imparfait is used for events that happened a long time ago, while passe compose is used for more recent events. It is important to identify how to use passe compose and imparfait correctly to express past events.
Imparfait will typically refer to an action that lasts in time or was repetitive (a habit). So you will often use it when you would use "was/were doing" and "used to do" in English. Passé composé, by contrast with imparfait, will refer to a "one-off" action - for that in English you would use preterit ("did").
"Comment allez-vous ?" means "How are you?""allez" is pronounced "taley" because of the liaisonbetween the ending "t" of "comment" and the beginning vowel "a" of "allez".
Imparfait only the verb;pase compose 2 parts avoir or etre & the verb not the infinitive form like I was lookING in Eng in french voir & vu