In this lesson you will learn easily when to use imperfect. There are only 2 things to remember :

• Most of the time when English use Preterit, French use Passé Composé, except to talk about émotions or description, French use Imperfect.
• When English use past continuous, French use Imperfect.

Look at the following lesson to have a better understanding, and see if you can guess where is Monsieur Moustachou :

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