What’s on the L'Imparfait poster
A 6-row table: Person · Ending · parler.
Formed from the nous stem. Endings never vary.
- je — -ais — je parlais
- tu — -ais — tu parlais
- il/elle — -ait — il parlait
- nous — -ions — nous parlions
- vous — -iez — vous parliez
- ils/elles — -aient — ils parlaient
Only être is irregular: j'étais. Every other verb in the language follows the nous-stem rule exactly.
Questions about the L'Imparfait poster
- What’s on the L'Imparfait poster?
- A 6-row table: Person · Ending · parler. Formed from the nous stem. Endings never vary. je — -ais — je parlais; tu — -ais — tu parlais; il/elle — -ait — il parlait; nous — -ions — nous parlions; vous — -iez — vous parliez; ils/elles — -aient — ils parlaient. Only être is irregular: j'étais. Every other verb in the language follows the nous-stem rule exactly.
- Who is the L'Imparfait poster for?
- L'Imparfait belongs to the Languages section rather than to a school year, because languages is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning french can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the L'Imparfait poster?
- Take the nous form of the present, drop -ons, add the endings. Only être is irregular. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so L'Imparfait belongs on the wall where that languages work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with L'Imparfait?
- Adjective Placement, Articles and Avoir & Être sit alongside L'Imparfait in the Languages section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Adjective PlacementArticlesAvoir & Être
- Is the L'Imparfait poster free to download and print?
- Yes. L'Imparfait downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Languages section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the L'Imparfait poster print at?
- L'Imparfait is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of L'Imparfait loses nothing.Printing guide
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