Does imparfait use avoir or être?

Mentir, partir and sentir are part of this group. We do not add -iss- to form the plural. The verb avoir is regular in the imperfect; only être has an irregular conjugation in this tense….How to conjugate the imperfect tense in French.

Person avoir être
2nd person singular (you) tu avais tu étais

Where do you use être and Avoir in passé composé?

In these cases you would use avoir to form the passé composé because the verb now has a direct object. Verbs that indicate a change of state (devenir = to become) also use être when forming the passé composé. All reflexive verbs require the use of être when forming the passé composé.

What verbs do you use être with in passé composé?

The following is a list of verbs that use être (for intransitive usage) as their auxiliary verbs in passé composé:

  • Devenir – to become – (être) devenu(e)(s)
  • Revenir – to come back – (être) revenu(e)(s)
  • Monter – to go up – (être) monté(e)(s)
  • Rester – to stay – (être) resté(e)(s)
  • Sortir – to exit – (être) sorti(e)(s)

Can you use passé composé and imparfait?

A person can use imparfait and passe compose in its correct way only if he or she knows the distinction between the two. French Imparfait is the English Imperfect tense and passe compose is present perfect tense in English.

How do you conjugate avoir in the imparfait?

J’avais tort. – “I was wrong.” Avoir raison (“to be right/correct”) is another handy phrase: Nous avions raison !…The Avoir Conjugation in the Imparfait.

Singular Plural
J’avais – I had Nous avions – we had
Tu avais – you had Vous aviez – you had
Il/elle/on avait – he/she/one had Ils/Elles avaient – they had

Why is être the only irregular verb in imparfait?

Être (“to be”) is the only irregular verb in the imperfect because the present tense nous sommes has no -ons to drop. So it has the irregular stem ét- and uses the same endings as all other verbs.

What verbs do you use être with?

The following is a list of verbs (and their derivatives) that require être:

  • aller > to go.
  • arriver > to arrive.
  • descendre > to descend / go downstairs. redescendre > to descend again.
  • entrer > to enter. rentrer > to re-enter.
  • monter > to climb. remonter > to climb again.
  • mourir > to die.
  • naître > to be born.
  • partir > to leave.

How do you use avoir in passé composé?

To form the passé composé of verbs using avoir, conjugate avoir in the present tense (j’ai, tu as, il a, nous avons, vous avez, ils ont) and add the past participle of the verb expressing the action. Put the words together this way: subject + helping verb (usually avoir) + past participle.

How do you do passé composé with avoir?

Is Hier passé composé or imparfait?

The passé composé is used for : talk about one-off actions in the past. For example : Hier, j’ai pris l’avion.