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Note: Falloir (to be necessary) and pleuvoir (to rain) are used only in the il form: il fallait (it was necessary) and il pleuvait (it was raining).

vouloir (to wish, to want): nous voulons.

To form the imperfect, simply drop the ‐ons and add the imperfect endings given earlier: The following is a list of the nous form of the most common irregular verbs. Irregular verbs follow the same rules for the formation of the imperfect as do regular verbs.

Nous mangions toujours dans ce restaurant.

Verbs ending in ‐ger insert a silent ‐e between ‐g and ‐a to maintain the soft g sound in the je, tu, il, and ils forms:

Commenciez‐vous à vous inquiéter? (Were you beginning to get worried?).

Verbs ending in ‐cer change ‐c to ‐ç before ‐a to maintain the soft c sound in the je, tu, il, and ils forms: The following verbs have spelling changes in the imperfect:

In the imperfect, an extra i is necessary in the nous and vous forms: Verbs such as étudier (to study), rire (to laugh), sourire (to smile), and vérifier (to check) already end in ‐ions in the present. Je regardais la télé quand le téléphone a sonné.Pendant mon enfance, je lisais beaucoup.Table 1 shows how the imparfait is formed with regular verbs. The imperfect is formed by dropping the ‐ons ending from the present tense nous form of the verb and adding the following endings: French II: Conditional Mood & Conditions.Using the Correct Form of the Past Tense.

Infinitive in Interrogatives Exclamations.Infinitive Preceded by Adjectives and Nouns.French II: Special Uses of Certain Verbs.French II: Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions.

Time and Using Advanced Time Expressions.False Friends: French Words in Disguise.