Imparfait vs Passé composé in French - What are the differences ?

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

I hope the differences between the 2 tenses are more clear for you now 🙂 Thank you for watching ❤️ Keep learning about the passé composé and all the rules right here kzbin.info/aero/PL_bt5rj27IIWHuWovT9NpMB0T2pivbpOM

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Thanks I changed it :)

[@senakatennakoon4619]

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[@jagdishdeora6288]

Thank you mam I understand the difference in one go

[@evansatoru9684]

Me watching this 2 hours before my french exam 👁️👄👁️

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Real

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Me too

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[@mayurkumar3045]

Literally,now my mind understood this topic because i was messing up in between passé composé-imparfait , But thanks to you .your teaching will help me 😊

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Glad to hear that :)

[@itsemeguys7682]

You just saved my life! I had no idea about that stuff and I'm writing a class test this week! I love how you explain it 💟 I'll definitely come back if I need help:)

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

I am so glad it helped you! Come back to let me know how was your test )

[@af-wm8sn]

madame Dylan you are my favourite KZbinr that teaches French cause even Alexa confuses me

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Je viens pour apprendre le français mais j'ai tombé dans l'amour mais merci pour la vidéo 😅 j'ai trouvé mon motivation pour apprendre la français

[@73omar]

J'apprends le français et ces vidéos m'aident beaucoup, merci beaucoup, et un très beau professeur !!

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Tout le plaisir est pour moi ☺️

[@73omar]

Merci beaucup

[@ditocontent9234]

Merci beaucoup madame . Maintenant, je suis comprends bien tous les explanations avec belle femme pour mes examens français demain et je n'ai pas peur pour ecrire mon examen .😊😊😊😊😊

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Super 😀👏

[@carolhedberg2341]

I just took a zoom class on l'imparfait vs passe compose I didn't understand. Now, after watching your video, it is very clear. Merci!!

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

I am so glad my video helped you but I am sorry you paid for a lesson for nothing :/

[@gautamverma4368]

Vous etes la mieux prof de francais, a mon avis....

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Merci ☺️

[@okothobbo]

What a great lesson!!! Nothing short of a life-saver. Merci beaucoup!

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

You're very welcome!

[@abbyyy1227]

Thank you so much !!! I feel more confident to keep learning french after watching your videos!!! Merci beaucoup:)

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

That's awesome 🤩 Did you see that I have a full conjugation course on this channel? It could help you with other tenses if you need :)

[@belle8511]

Merci beaucoup! My teacher been trying to teach us this for a week, but I still didn't get it, and I finally get it after watching your videos!

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

It's a tricky one so I am glad I was able to help :)

[@davidbrown8513]

Merci. J'essayais comprendre cette lecon, mais je ne peux pas pour deux semaines. Merci beaucoup !! Maintenant, Je comprends.... YAY !!! ( I am still learning )

[@vedhikav5139]

Merci Dylane!!!!!! You have helped me so much to excel in french I have my exams and I was searching for a video to learn a concept and I came across your video and I like it a lot and I immediately subscribed and liked your videos Thank you so much again

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Merci 1000 fois Vedhika ❤️

[@vedhikav5139]

Thank you so much again No words to appreciate your explanations And you make french easy

[@peterkrause1842]

Your duration graph made it very clear. Thank-you.

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

You are welcome :)

[@leslieyoder8280]

Wow, you explained this so clearly. I now understand the difference and why and how they are both used in the same sentence. Merci 🎉🎉!

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

I am so glad Leslie 🤩

[@motivationalvideo2456]

I had watched so many videos couldnt understand but only your video make me understand very clearly. Thank you mam!

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Most welcome 😊

[@elizajournals]

This is the best video that has helped me understand the difference. Thank you! I get it now, finally.

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Eliza I have another video about this subject coming next Wednesday. More complete than this one :D

[@minhzikm1]

bonjour pour cette vidéo. In a nutshell can we say, imparfait is a continuous action until suddenly it is stopped by passe compose. par example : je marchais quand mon téléphone a sonné. "I was walking" is a long action and "my telephone rang" was a short action that occurred for a short period of time .

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

That's correct :)

[@minhzikm1]

@@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane can you make a video regarding arriver and se passer as i feel these are interchangeable

[@docvideo93]

4:45 to Bake is just Faire?? Not faire cuire au four?

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Oh I can see how it's confusing. Faire for us replace a lot of every day verbs. In this case : La personne fait un gâteau / Le gâteau cuit dans le four. Does it make more sense?

[@Kenisha_g]

I watched ur video the night before my test. It helped a lot, thank you :)

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Great to hear :)

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[@xyzxyz-j2m]

what an amazing explanation, thank you thank you so much for differentiating these important topics, now i can easily spot which one is which.

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Thank you :)

[@ishantsingh5076]

J'ai des promlèms en cette topique. Merci pour votre efforts 😀

[@justqurbanali3017]

درس خواندن با شما خیلی خوشایند است. تشکر🦋

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Merci ☺️

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You're like a godmother!! Love you soo muchh.. Thank you extremely well taught ❤

[@kevorkdeldelian554]

excellent lesson and very helpful. thank you so much teacher.

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

You are welcome!

[@seeagainh624]

This was extremely clear I think because you explained what you would know and what you would not know from it's use and therfore how to differentiate. Plus the flag words, thank you. As one only 'hears' the tense on the nous and vous it's hard to hear the conjugation at all! Many thanks

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

So glad it helped :D

[@frankfletes]

Love her lessons.😇

[@ninonino5590]

Magnifique, je crois que c'est la meme choce comme en Italien, n'est pas? Je suis heureux que j'ai vous decouvrez! Merci!

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Très bonne question Niño, j'avoue que je ne suis pas très forte en italien 😉

[@ChristineV5]

Makes so much sense now. Merci pour cette série ❤

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Christine you are on fire today :D

[@hibasalih4954]

Love your videos. You are the best french teacher❤❤

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Thank you! 😃

[@CarolineMore-q2z]

Great explanation of when to use each tense.

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Glad you liked it!

[@MJubeily]

At 5:48 shouldn't you say je suis allé au magasin hier?

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Yes but both are right :)

[@winifredotokhina6428]

Hi Dylane, thank you so much for the insightful videos. Please when using plus tard, which tense do you use;Passe compose or Imparfait?

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

plus tard would be the future since it's the future ;)

[@jatinscreation1215]

Ultimate guide. Merci beaucoup

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Pas de quoi :)

[@ragibsadiyev6787]

It is very useful. Please don't stop to make videos

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

I won't 😉

[@xX_girli0s_xX]

remercier a vous, cette video a aide moi beaucoup. J'ai de dur fois quand comprends les conjugasions. :'D

[@gebremedhinabraha3516]

As the name of your web site, you have perfectly explained the difference between the two tenses. Rspect

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Thank you 😊

[@grantdervishi8186]

This is incredibly helpful, Thank you from Michigan USA, Dylane

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Merci 🤩

[@sumairahussain4752]

Very well explained, thank you dear

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

My pleasure 😊

[@bozo5163]

Tout les jours,je regardais toi videos.

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Oh merci ☺️

[@moisesrocha9250]

Merci, madame. Avez-vous des podcasts ?

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Malheureusement non, j'y pense doucement mais je dois d'abord finir d'autres projets 🙂

[@moisesrocha9250]

@@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane merci pour votre réponse. Votre canal sur KZbin est génial. Pardon moi parce que je ne parle pas bien le français.

[@DrIvanPAVLII]

That’s so helpful, thank you ❤

[@mohammedaktherhossain9886]

Merci bien Dylane....super explanation,,,,,,,,,,, love you

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Pas de quoi 🙂

[@EvanYeahMe]

The most precise and useful explanation of these 2 tenses. Thank you.

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

That's great! Thank you for your comment Evan

[@quanglethithanh5161]

Good explanation n comparision with English examples . Tks

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Glad it was helpful!

[@kathleenlash746]

I think I know understand the difference. Merci beaucoup!

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Awesome Kathleen 👏

[@endo9913]

Hi thank you for the video. Its a lot clearer. With l’Imparfait, how can you tell if the translation is “…was doing something” or “…used to do something”?

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

used to but it can be both sometimes :)

[@TommyD_Edits]

Thanks, so much, Madame Dylan! I'm so grateful...

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Merci à toi :)

[@mikecos6986]

Merci Dylane, In your example for "Hier", I'm a little confused why the sentence wouldn't be "Je suis alle au magasin hier" instead of "J'ai ete...." sorry can't figure out the accents on this keyboard! Love the lessons. Merci Beaucoup

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Mike, we use j’ai été more than je suis allé in French. I should have said je suis allé to not confuse anyone but it’s so natural that I didn’t even think about it :/

[@robertbrainerd5919]

Aussi "on a été au lit".

[@jagdishdeora6288]

Merci , mam for the wonderful explanation

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

It's my pleasure

[@bundle87]

Thanks so much. I was really struggling with the difference. Merci!

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

De rien :)

[@asifdadashov161]

Salut. Enchante. If I understand right, imparfait is a mix of English present simple but for past, and English past continue. While, passe compose is something like English past simple and present perfect.

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Yes, that's correct Asif, even tho I am always careful when referring to a specific tense in English because we used them differently as well. So don't focus too much on an equivalent tense because it could lead to some errors in the future :)

[@asifdadashov161]

@@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane thanks for advice. I'll keep it in mind)

[@sasasearia6789]

Thanks a lot for your perfect explanation. I have a question here, why do we use J'ai ete to talk about going to somewhere in the past? Why not just using je suis alle? I'd appreciate that if you could answer me cause i feel a bit puzzled here.

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

It just one of the weird think about French - We use avoir été for être allé.

[@udiyadityapratapsinghrana7659]

Bonjour Dylane actually i saw a problem around 5:42 in the video where u are explaining clue words of passé compsé , the sentence u wrote is "J'ai été au magasin heir" and that should be " je suis allé(e) au magasin hier" Am i wrong ? Please let me know

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Both are correct. In spoken French we use more J'ai été than je suis allé :)

[@udiyadityapratapsinghrana7659]

@@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane D'accord j'ai compris Merci beaucoup 😄

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I love your teaching your are beautiful French teacher thanks to you I am flowing you always

[@yvelinesemeria98]

That's excellent; vous expliquez cela tres bien. Merci

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Merci beaucoup ☺️

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Thank you so much I got 😇👍 Ur literally better than my Tution teacher

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Oh thank you 🥰

[@NouraDahmash]

Thank you Dylane, very helpful indeed! I just wanted to ask if you recommend/suggest any podcasts for Beginners between A1/A2. Thank you :)

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

I will make a post about it soon :)

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Thank you Dylane. ❤Perfect!

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One of the best videos, simple and very informative 👍

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Merci Mostafa :D

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Merci beaucoup, Dylane!

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Pas de quoi :)

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I finally get it! Merci.

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[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

So nice of you ☺️

[@skumarkinalur]

Excellent. Merci beacoup madam

[@darkrose3509]

5:21 J'ai ete au magasin hier. I believe ete means was, so why was ete used instead of je suis alle au magasin hier to say I went to the store yesterday?

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

J'ai été = Je suis allé(e) - same meaning, we use them both as "to go" 😉

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I love you so much u saved me ❤

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THANK YOU!

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

I am so glad it helped you 🤩

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Merci Madame

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[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Pas de quoi :)

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This is really useful. Merci beaucoup!

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Glad to hear that!

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Merci beaucoup madame. Après, j'ai vu ce vidéo, j'ai compris.

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

De rien :)

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Perfecto,la mejor de todas.

[@litrisiavosloo6111]

So, would the Imparfait be the Past Continuous Tense in English, and the Passe Compose, the Plain Past Tense? These two actions happening at the same time would give us the Participle Mood. I am from South Africa and started studying on my own two months ago. I speak Afrikaans and English and isiXhosa which is an African Language and studied German and Latin at school. I must say, the French Pronunciation is very difficult because I am used to sharp sound like German. My dentist lived in Franch for 11 years and are fluent, she is like my daughter, so I thought I would surprize her my learning French. I am also her isiXhosa teacher. Allow me to say that you really are an EXCELLENT teacher. Regards. Litrisia

[@Will-xi2cv]

One thing I didn't understand was at 5:56 you used ete instead of alle for going to the store

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

J'ai été is commonly used in French instead of Je suis allé. One of these things :) I should have used je suis allé to avoid confusion

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[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

oh thank you

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Thx,I learnt lots of things from u,Merci

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

So glad :)

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Merci, explained perfectly

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Thanks to you ❤️

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Great video! Thank you so much!

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Merci à toi :)

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Amazing job thank you so much 💖💖💖💖💖 amazing sister amazing teacher

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

You are so welcome 🙂

[@abhishekjangir8464]

Hello, I want to ask what if there are two verbs in imparfait sentence. Do we conjugate both verbs or just the first one?

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

No you conjugate both

[@abhishekjangir8464]

Thank you very much

[@devan5915]

Merci beaucoup pour la vidéo! J'ai une question. On dit "c'était absolument dégoûtant" ou "ca a été absolument dégoûtant" et pourquoi ?

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

C'était absolument dégoûtant, on utilise rarement "ça a été" ;)

[@devan5915]

@@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane Ah! Merci beaucoup!

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Super helpful. Merci!

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

You're welcome!

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THANK YOU SO MUCH🤗

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

You’re welcome 😊

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Fantastic videos. Merci 😍

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Merci Marlena :)

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Thx pls also make a video on how to learn the french accent

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

I have a whole course on pronunciation ;)

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Thank you very very much

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

You are welcome ☺️

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Very helpful 👌🌹

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Merci ☺️

[@NazeerKhan-fg7jt]

Thank you dear french mentor it was helpful for me it indeed paved the way how to differentiate between these two tenses.🙏🇦🇫🇨🇵

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Excellent!

[@SomeoneIncognito]

Hey, had a doubt Q) Tous les matins, Max et Samuel _________ (se réveiller) à 6h You had mentioned 'tous les jours' in clue words. I found 'tous les matins' to be pretty similar so i used imparfait. However my teacher tells me that it ought to be in present tense. Could you explain?

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

You are not wrong ... and your teacher isn't wrong either. The problem is the context. Was it a test about the past? Or everything mixed? If it's the last one, your teacher should give you more indication about the time around examples. Is it done? Imparfait. Is it a habit that is still happening today? Présent. I hope it helps :)

[@SomeoneIncognito]

@@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane It was the latter, everything was mixed, she said i should have written it in present, but didn't deduct marks even tho I used imparfait. Thanks for the explanation!

[@Taffiey...]

Thank you

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Pas de quoi :)

[@lynncyprian5710]

Merci

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

De rien 😀

[@mahamadmoysurahmed7896]

Jamie beaucoup

[@bumpyg1]

Thanks!!!

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

You are welcome 🙂

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wuuuw, cool explanation my Dear : *

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Thank you! 😃

[@LawalAdedotun-u1c]

Super!

[@kanishkaanish9881]

isn't

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

True but we use "J'ai été" instead of "je suis allé" as a way to say "I went" ;)

[@frankfletes]

I love it.

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

Merci :)

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