Past tense in French
I'm not quite sure how to express "past tense" in French, I tried to research it on my ow, and I asked a friend to explain to me as well but I got so confused.. I didn't understand anything that I was reading.
I was wondering if anyone on here could explain it to me in a way so that I can understand it.. X_x

Merci beaucoup in advance!!!

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Past tense in French
I'm not quite sure how to express "past tense" in French, I tried to research it on my ow, and I asked a friend to explain to me as well but I got so confused.. I didn't understand anything that I was reading.
 I was wondering if anyone on here could explain it to me in a way so that I can understand it.. X_x

Merci beaucoup in advance!!!

Answer

there is a easy past tense to learn. It involves avoir + *past participle verb
exemple: j'ai eu l'eau - I have had water(literally) start with this! Most common in conversations. just learn avoir conjugasion first then you  can look up past participles to use.

The imperfect expresses incomplete actions or continuing and simple to conjugate. Do not worry about passe simple yet. It is only used in literally or formal situations.

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