My wife (who is French and does our French tutoring) explained them to me. The tense is used to indicate actions which took place before another action in the past, which is usually (though not always) described in the perfect (pass compos). Well, there you have it: the passé composé, the imparfait, and the plus-que-parfait. The term plus-que-parfait suggests more in the past than the perfect.
Consider the sentence: “I had finished the laundry when you called.” “I had finished” is the plus-que-parfait tense, whereas “you called” is the passé composé. The plus-que-parfait expresses a completed action that happened before another completed action. In French, it’s among the easiest constructions, consisting of a stem with a subject-specific ending. It may not yet be finished.” For instance, “When I was young ….” Additionally, “It was raining….” Both use the imparfait tense. The three main uses of l’imparfait are to talk about: On the other hand, a key concept with le passé composé is the presence of an action. The imparfait expresses, as my French teachers always explained, “a state of things that had no particular beginning. In a nutshell, the main difference between them is that we use le passé composé with completed actions, while l’imparfait is used with incomplete actions or actions at an indefinite time in the past. The passé composé has two parts: the auxiliary, followed by the past participle. It is the French equivalent to the English verb with -ed (eg., I walked). Natrlich mchtest du hierbei gezielt vorgehen und die auswhlen, bei denen du bereits Schwierigkeiten hattest. The passé composé is the first way to express the past tense that I learned in high school. Deshalb ist es wichtig, den Lernstoff regelmig zu wiederholen. The tenses are perfectly regular.Well, today I thought we’d discuss some French: specifically, the passé composé, the imparfait, and the plus-que-parfait. tre (to be) rather than avoir (to have) as auxiliary in compound past tenses (pass compos, plus-que-parfait, pass antrieur, futur antrieur). You are not just talking about a blunt fact, but more about a tragedy that, with a bit of imagination, you might almost see happening before your eyes.ģ) Here, depuis deux jours dénudait les arbres is just the background for the action cesser. But the author chose the imparfait for the same reason that you might say: in -365, the temple that took the Greek 120 years of time and energy was being taken down by Érostrate, instead of in -365 Érostrate destroyed a temple. La police demande aux passants s’ils ont vu quelque chose. Les pompiers sont arrivés rapidement parce que nos voisins les avaient appelés. Les pompiers arrivent rapidement parce que nos voisins les ont appelés.
We could use passé composé and then plus-que-parfait. Setzen Sie die Sätze in die Vergangenheit (Passé composé und Plus-que-parfait) wie im Beispiel: 1. 2 facts, one being anterior to the other. We need the passé composé for the most recent and the plus-que-parfait for the other one.Ģ) Here, this could be the same things. Whereas the imparfait is for something that lasts in time and serves as a background for something else.ġ) This is the most regular of the sentences you provided. Plus-que-parfait or pluperfect does not have an exact equivalent in. Indicatif (Indicative) Prsent (Present) Prsent Pass compos (Present perfect) Pass compos Imparfait (Imperfect) Imparfait Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect). Something punctual, or at least the conclusion of something that lasted. I hope xd So for the pass simple its simple pastpass compos same uses. Just to complete it a little:įirst of all, keep in mind that the passé composé is used for a fact.
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