KILLER TRICK to work out if L'IMPARFAIT or LE PASSÉ COMPOSÉ

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    REPETITION
    DESCRIPTION
    MENTAL STATE
    IF
    (and the used to swap)
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    How to form the passé composé is here:
    • French past tense - pa...
    How to form the imparfait is here::
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Комментарии • 142

  • @Elizabetee
    @Elizabetee 4 года назад +409

    Me sitting here watching the video while my french assigment is already 20 minutes late: 👁👄👁

  • @beccar1605
    @beccar1605 3 года назад +133

    Mind. Blown. 7 years of French and you’ve explained better than any professor I’ve had.

    • @logiclanguagelearningFrench
      @logiclanguagelearningFrench  3 года назад +5

      Thank you. Email me if interested in my killer tricks for other things. I have a range of podcasts. LogicLanguagelearning@gmail.com

    • @logiclanguagelearningFrench
      @logiclanguagelearningFrench  Год назад +6

      I still love this reply . Thank you x

    • @bigtable
      @bigtable Год назад +2

      Wow four years and u still replied lol but its true I keep watching this video everytime I have an exam

    • @beccar1605
      @beccar1605 Год назад +2

      Vive la resistance! 😂

    • @balsapopovic8871
      @balsapopovic8871 10 месяцев назад

      8 for me

  • @abbytrinh5830
    @abbytrinh5830 5 лет назад +164

    My french teacher never actually taught us passé composé ou imparfait, she gave us a sheet of repetition, description, mental state and if but never actually taught us how to use it. Thanks so much!

    • @logiclanguagelearningFrench
      @logiclanguagelearningFrench  5 лет назад +6

      Thanks. If you find this free content useful. I would really love a coffee at ko-fi.com/logiclanguagelearning/commissions thank you

    • @thevioletgirl17
      @thevioletgirl17 Год назад

      oh i'm so glad that i didn't take french in high school because my teacher was so bad

  • @coeurcorazon9949
    @coeurcorazon9949 Год назад +27

    You just saved a random Canadian high schooler so many tears. My french teacher doesn't teach, she just assigns things out of a textbook and refuses to give us any clue on what our exams will be on. Thank you so much bro

  • @logiclanguagelearningFrench
    @logiclanguagelearningFrench  6 лет назад +92

    Apologies for the shaking, the IPAD is being repaired

    • @AbdullahAli-po4pc
      @AbdullahAli-po4pc 6 месяцев назад

      Why are you apologising. You absolutely helped my stupid brain in my test. Absolute amazing way to explain whether Imparfait or Passe Compose. Even better than my Professor. Thanks a lot mate👍 Anybody tell you, you look like Starkiller from Star Wars.

  • @thachvu6665
    @thachvu6665 5 лет назад +60

    Repetition, Description, Mental State and IF. This is Very useful. Thank you!

  • @latebloomerabroad
    @latebloomerabroad 2 года назад +11

    I've been studying French since the 70's (off and on, mostly off) and that's the clearest explanation I've ever heard, thank you. I only speak French when I'm visiting my cousins in France, every 2-3 years, so it's hard to retain any skills I learn when I'm there. I'm in Paris and am taking a 2-week course at a school, it's very useful, but the difference between these two tenses wasn't made as clear as your video. Merci!

    • @logiclanguagelearningFrench
      @logiclanguagelearningFrench  2 года назад +3

      Well I know. People suck and I rock haha. Kidding. No obligation but if you find these tricks useful then perhaps consider the podcasts. Email me on LogicLanguagelearning@gmail.com and I’ll offer you a discount. Thank you for your kind words.

  • @agilpriyatna6736
    @agilpriyatna6736 4 года назад +68

    If past continuous (I was doing ...), then imparfait
    If present perfect (I have done ...), then passé composé
    If past simple (I did), then passé composé
    Repetition (Habit)
    Description (Situation)
    Mental State (i wished, I would like), ps. "inside/ongoing thought" instead of action
    If
    These would be written in imparfait.
    Are those correct? Can someone confirm it?
    ps. used to, then imparfait

  • @johnvollertsen2871
    @johnvollertsen2871 3 года назад +7

    Thanks for these great videos, I have watched lots of them. They are saving me right now in my French studies. Cheers.

  • @diyaomkar8667
    @diyaomkar8667 7 месяцев назад

    Thank you so much!!! I have a quiz tomorrow and didn’t understand anything until I came across your video!!

    • @logiclanguagelearningFrench
      @logiclanguagelearningFrench  7 месяцев назад

      Excellent. What are you studying for ? Is this school or adult classes? Have you seen my grammar podcasts that cover all of this ?

  • @ericksonclayton
    @ericksonclayton 2 года назад +18

    I am at the point of my studies where I am struggling as well with the occasions of use between the two forms. Thanks for helping me get steps closer to that "A HA" moment.

  • @rishhxmusic4995
    @rishhxmusic4995 3 года назад +8

    your explanation is awesomeee...I suggest that if you use some effects or the help of some blackboard or maybe u can make a PPT...This is will make your videos more interesting...:)

    • @ellas178
      @ellas178 2 года назад

      Yes and he was speaking so fast

  • @waitwhat8202
    @waitwhat8202 4 года назад +5

    You've made it .. ur worthy !!

  • @KitCupidOfficial
    @KitCupidOfficial 4 года назад +8

    This just saved my life Sir, Merci!!!

  • @michaelav6978
    @michaelav6978 3 года назад +5

    This is incredibly useful! Thank you!

    • @logiclanguagelearningFrench
      @logiclanguagelearningFrench  3 года назад +2

      I have a whole load of these tricks for each tense on the podcasts Michaela. If you latched onto the methods in this video well enough then they should suit you! If you go to my homepage a second time it will take you to the podcast videos best

  • @mnkwazi
    @mnkwazi 6 лет назад +19

    Interesting videos. The concepts of repetition and description are quite clear but not as much with mental state. What does voulais mean vs voulu? When does the mental state signify thee imparfait vs pc. Thanks.

    • @logiclanguagelearningFrench
      @logiclanguagelearningFrench  6 лет назад +3

      You mean they are not as clear to YOU. Mental state means an ongoing mental situation as opposed to something that marks a change like I decided or I saw.

    • @michellewest6929
      @michellewest6929 3 года назад +4

      @@logiclanguagelearningFrench Why be so arrogant sir? He used the passive voice and didn’t blame it on anybody. Quite frankly, this wasn’t explained well in the video. I just saw another more hateful reply from you in the comments. Please be nice to people, we do appreciate your video but this behaviour is not okay. Sometimes, you need to acknowledge faults at your end and be humble. No hate:)

    • @h2omelin40
      @h2omelin40 3 года назад

      @@michellewest6929 I don't think he was being rude? Maybe direct, but not rude per say. I found the video super helpful actually and this reply helped me clear up some more things.

    • @yacinealimi7808
      @yacinealimi7808 2 года назад

      if there's a specific time in which you wanted something and that time is specified in the sentence, you use pc. Otherwise it's always voulais. Let me know if this helped

  • @Grobusck
    @Grobusck 11 месяцев назад

    Thank you so much. I have a test tomorrow and this really helped me understand better.

    • @logiclanguagelearningFrench
      @logiclanguagelearningFrench  11 месяцев назад

      Let us know how it goes !

    • @logiclanguagelearningFrench
      @logiclanguagelearningFrench  11 месяцев назад

      How did it go ??

    • @Grobusck
      @Grobusck 11 месяцев назад

      @@logiclanguagelearningFrench The video was a big help and if I didn’t watch it I would’ve done way worse than I actually did. I felt pretty confident going into the test but there were some tricky questions

  • @gudimetlahemanthkiranreddy9114

    thank you very much before these I was so confused now I understand it without difficulty it I like that now I distinguish between two in a moment.

  • @CWaynezz
    @CWaynezz 4 года назад +8

    I always look back to this video because i always forget but you made it easier for me. Do you have any more tricks? Ahehehe i always forget huhu....

  • @jeffwilli74
    @jeffwilli74 4 года назад +2

    Oh wow ... Thankyou sir. I'm new to this channel , this video is really useful for me for the upcoming tests.

  • @Lee-my3fc
    @Lee-my3fc 3 года назад +17

    Thank you!
    By the way you look like Tbag from Prison break haha

    • @noahduss5210
      @noahduss5210 3 года назад +1

      I was just about to write the same thing, hahaha it's so true

  • @samurottmaster7897
    @samurottmaster7897 Год назад

    DUDE thank you sooooo much man this was sooo helpful, Merci beaucoup

  • @cutesboy4u
    @cutesboy4u 6 лет назад +15

    Mental state made more confusion, apart mental state i got it all sir...

  • @paulmcguinness1072
    @paulmcguinness1072 Год назад

    Excellent video, thanks. The one that caught me out for a long time was the passive (I think it's called). So, I was sleeping, I was cooking, etc. are all imparfait, but I WAS caught, I WAS found, I WAS arrested are all passé composé !!

  • @niharika5772
    @niharika5772 3 года назад +1

    I’m grateful to you
    Thank You!
    Merci beaucoup pour aider

  • @Chamsu22
    @Chamsu22 5 лет назад +5

    Thx for this video. It was really helpfull for me 👍🏼

    • @logiclanguagelearningFrench
      @logiclanguagelearningFrench  5 лет назад +1

      Great. If you find the content useful please go to ko-fi.com/logiclanguagelearning/commissions

  • @ranvijaysingh9014
    @ranvijaysingh9014 5 лет назад +3

    ....good nice to hear from you

  • @MrJaza24
    @MrJaza24 3 года назад

    thanks so much, I could not understand the difference between these two until I watched this video!

  • @shashishekhar1984
    @shashishekhar1984 3 года назад

    Now it's very clear when to use imparfait and passe composé...Thanks

  • @davidboyle9549
    @davidboyle9549 2 года назад +1

    Thankyou very much
    I've been trying to learn French for one year. I have a weekly zoom with French teacher and I'm 63.
    I've moderate grammar and vocabulary but really struggling to convert it into being able to speak.
    Any tips please
    Merci beaucoup

  • @GordieK
    @GordieK 3 года назад +1

    very unusual videos but bloody good.... thank you ...

  • @paco6309
    @paco6309 2 года назад

    Great video thanks!!

  • @ariolagranola3842
    @ariolagranola3842 2 месяца назад

    Imparfait continues for a while in past. It is continuous in which action got completed after a while.

    • @ariolagranola3842
      @ariolagranola3842 2 месяца назад

      Description is also somewhat continuous

    • @logiclanguagelearningFrench
      @logiclanguagelearningFrench  2 месяца назад

      @@ariolagranola3842 not necessarily. You could be bringing a finished past action to life to talk about it. Like I was scratching my nose when I remembered.

  • @addisonmoreland4447
    @addisonmoreland4447 Год назад +1

    I have a french final tomorrow, and I'm worried that if I can't completely translate it to english, how will I know if it is l'imparfait or le passe compose? Are there any hints in the french writing?

    • @logiclanguagelearningFrench
      @logiclanguagelearningFrench  Год назад

      Whatsapp me +447899732838. Where are you based ? Perhaps I have time for a quick call. In short. Single. Finished. Actions are p c and descriptive or repetitive actions tend to be imp. I had a coffee. One action. Pc. I had long hair. Description. Imp. I went to church when I was younger as in I used to go to church. Repeated imp. I went to church last Sunday p c

    • @logiclanguagelearningFrench
      @logiclanguagelearningFrench  Год назад

      If you’re seeing adverbs like regularly or normally it will be imperfect as opposed to things which suggests one action like and THEN and NEXT or AFTERWARDS. I did this etc

    • @logiclanguagelearningFrench
      @logiclanguagelearningFrench  Год назад

      Little clue. P c has these translations. So j’ai mangé could be. I ate. I have eaten. I have been eating. You go with what works in English. Je mangeais could be I used to eat. I was eating. I ate ( which I know is in the top group but it can be both depending) So don’t be afraid to pick a different tense from that group in English according to your example.

    • @logiclanguagelearningFrench
      @logiclanguagelearningFrench  Год назад

      I don’t know where you’re based time zone but I’m free uk Thursday 9 35 for a few minutes if you called that WhatsApp. Best. Relax

  • @somcana
    @somcana 3 года назад +1

    You are perfect Sir!!!!

  • @krishaangd
    @krishaangd 4 года назад +2

    Thanks a lot !! :)

  • @MusicianBread
    @MusicianBread 2 года назад

    Thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️

  • @samarahmed7831
    @samarahmed7831 Год назад

    That is mind blowing! I thanks a lot!

  • @yanzhou934
    @yanzhou934 3 года назад +2

    hi, before today, i thought i was well managed the difference, but this morning, i had one online class with a french language exchange teacher, when i showed him one of my little articles, he corrected me by changing some of the imparfait to passé composé. What i want to express is that at certain moment, i was doing sth, but then i realised that in french, they use passé composé to express the action which has passed or was undergoing. But in english, using "was doing" is trying to emphasize that at exact that moment, i was doing sth, i dont know if in french, there's certain form of expression or term to emphasize the same?

    • @jardinardennais4355
      @jardinardennais4355 Год назад

      être en train de faire qch = j'étais en train de regarder la télé quand ils sont venus.

  • @αλλα-ρ8π
    @αλλα-ρ8π 2 года назад

    thanks so much mon ami....really helped

    • @logiclanguagelearningFrench
      @logiclanguagelearningFrench  2 года назад

      Aw bless you. All my tricks are in the grammar podcasts. Email me LogicLanguagelearning@gmail.com and remind me i offered you half price for being sweet.

  • @stephdc68
    @stephdc68 3 года назад

    That's super! Thank you!

  • @leviackerman5870
    @leviackerman5870 3 года назад +1

    I must say this man is carrying my french alevel. Got my speaking speaking Thursday and ots gonna be okay tbh

  • @rensfx8447
    @rensfx8447 4 года назад +5

    Tbag from Prison Break?

  • @alexduong6750
    @alexduong6750 4 года назад +1

    could you please expand on what you mean by "mental state"
    thank you !

    • @logiclanguagelearningFrench
      @logiclanguagelearningFrench  4 года назад +2

      whatsapp me +447899732838 and I will send you a file

    • @alexduong6750
      @alexduong6750 4 года назад

      @@logiclanguagelearningFrench I wasn't able to add you for some reasons. Are you able to send it to me through messages on RUclips? Thank you !!!

  • @indie-rok
    @indie-rok 4 года назад +5

    Actual video starts in 1:16

  • @ay20su2
    @ay20su2 3 года назад

    Where are u from mister?

  • @logiclanguagelearningFrench
    @logiclanguagelearningFrench  5 лет назад

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  • @charbelhaddad5059
    @charbelhaddad5059 4 года назад

    Thanks its very helpful

  • @fateemadanjuma3741
    @fateemadanjuma3741 7 месяцев назад

    Pls can u like explain on a board or something because am trying to understand more on the menta state and all please i want to be clear please am gonna write exams soon😢Merci

  • @nancyfrankewilson4843
    @nancyfrankewilson4843 3 года назад

    Where is this written down? Thank you.

    • @logiclanguagelearningFrench
      @logiclanguagelearningFrench  3 года назад

      Hello Nancy. The buzzwords are written underneath. That’s all you need. If you meant the selection. Unless you meant how to conjugate those tenses?

    • @nancyfrankewilson4843
      @nancyfrankewilson4843 3 года назад

      @@logiclanguagelearningFrench thank you!

  • @gracechills4016
    @gracechills4016 2 года назад

    Would you use the imperfect or passe compose when it's someone's age -
    John a eu 14 ans or
    John avait 14 ans

    • @logiclanguagelearningFrench
      @logiclanguagelearningFrench  2 года назад +1

      As a description the imperfect. Ie. John was 14 when his father died. John avait. Action is p c. John was 14 yesterday. Il a eu etc

    • @gracechills4016
      @gracechills4016 2 года назад

      @@logiclanguagelearningFrench Thank you so much 🙂

  • @vanessav3574
    @vanessav3574 3 года назад

    thank you so much, makes alot of sense

    • @logiclanguagelearningFrench
      @logiclanguagelearningFrench  3 года назад +1

      wonderful if you like the tips and tricks then if you got to my homepage you will see the podcast info x

    • @vanessav3574
      @vanessav3574 3 года назад

      @@logiclanguagelearningFrench ok sure

  • @antoniegrigore5872
    @antoniegrigore5872 Год назад +1

    Thank you Christian Bale!

    • @logiclanguagelearningFrench
      @logiclanguagelearningFrench  Год назад

      Haha aw bless you. Is that a compliment? I suppose that depends on which role. Batman or The Machinist? He’s had enough ‘ugly’ character roles. I am going to assume the nice ones haha x

    • @antoniegrigore5872
      @antoniegrigore5872 Год назад

      @@logiclanguagelearningFrench heheh. I think you resemble the one in The Machinist the best, although it s on par with Bateman from American Psycho :)

  • @phlooph3971
    @phlooph3971 Год назад

    What are you trying to say 1:33? (b something)? I am not very sure about this.

    • @logiclanguagelearningFrench
      @logiclanguagelearningFrench  Год назад +1

      A be. I am referring to verbs that take être in the auxiliary my friend. If you don’t understand this then type être into my channel search or email me for podcasts x best

  • @kiekill1912
    @kiekill1912 4 года назад +2

    I was using spanish, but lately the results were poor, cuz i discovered the "trick" myself... So I came searching for help and found it. Thanks

  • @aminahalamiri
    @aminahalamiri 4 месяца назад

    why are we so close

  • @kimboslice2614
    @kimboslice2614 4 года назад

    What about had? I had spoken when... is that plus que parfait?

    • @logiclanguagelearningFrench
      @logiclanguagelearningFrench  4 года назад

      Ben Kannel PLUPERFECT ( had)
      ruclips.net/video/ES62gkOH5Yk/видео.html
      pluperfect
      ruclips.net/video/SeuNAv6tsiQ/видео.html

  • @iainsmith9322
    @iainsmith9322 4 года назад +12

    Slow down a bit. You tend to get a too bit excited and it becomes difficult to follow, particularly when you count 'onetwothree!'

    • @logiclanguagelearningFrench
      @logiclanguagelearningFrench  4 года назад +14

      How very, very rude and patronising of you. I am not an excitable child. The whole point, as any of my students know, is to give the brain a workout and push you juuuust ahead of where the speed is comfortable. If I slowed down to yoga class pace all videos would take a lot longer and nobody would get a proverbial kick on listening. Too excited? I'm not a bloody puppy. Take your learning elsewhere if you're not happy. Also. Have you learnt manners? If you wrote. Hi luc, could you please slow down a bit instead of giving me an imperative command. Speed up a bit! I could say.

    • @bendercats9599
      @bendercats9599 4 года назад +5

      French Classes from LogicLanguageLearning I agree with you, and I personally didn’t think you were going to fast but it was just a small critique. Keep that in mind and improve on it!! :)

    • @arsenalo1115
      @arsenalo1115 4 года назад +8

      @@logiclanguagelearningFrench jeez chill bro just his opinion. We’re all trying to learn

  • @erinlee7262
    @erinlee7262 2 года назад

    u r a god

  • @siminaik3261
    @siminaik3261 8 месяцев назад

    super

  • @MrVmalviya
    @MrVmalviya 4 года назад

    For me was, were, used to is sufficient to remember in order to use imperfait.

    • @logiclanguagelearningFrench
      @logiclanguagelearningFrench  4 года назад +1

      well alas that isn't sufficient I am afraid. I spoke as with most preterit or simple past verbs could be either. I spoke French as a child would be je parlais. It is a lazy approach to only go on was were used to AND not really the best long term as you are working off English instead of feeling it.

    • @smurffam
      @smurffam 3 года назад +1

      @@logiclanguagelearningFrench help me cheat on my test.
      Its tomorrow

  • @FernandoPCM
    @FernandoPCM Год назад

    I’m watching this and I have a huge exam tomorrow

  • @erinoneill605
    @erinoneill605 2 года назад

    this dude blinks rather infrequently

  • @sezginhasarcikli7811
    @sezginhasarcikli7811 2 года назад

    WHY ARE YOU COMING IN TO MY COMPUTER BLUDDD

  • @prodJah-fx2vy
    @prodJah-fx2vy 3 года назад +1

    you are epic

    • @logiclanguagelearningFrench
      @logiclanguagelearningFrench  3 года назад +1

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  • @GorgieClarissa
    @GorgieClarissa 2 года назад

    I know you say this is a killer trick.... but I'm still alive....

  • @qmance8062
    @qmance8062 3 года назад +1

    Im sorry but the beginning looks like a hostage video

  • @ellas178
    @ellas178 2 года назад

    I see you have a nice trick here but you were talking soooo fast 😢 and I’m still trying to get what you are saying

  • @corniwag.9329
    @corniwag.9329 3 года назад +2

    Bro das bringt einen allman echt nichts

    • @noahduss5210
      @noahduss5210 3 года назад +1

      Du musst halt schon Englisch können hahah

  • @fLYINGcAKES3709
    @fLYINGcAKES3709 9 месяцев назад

    Bro's eyebrows are tensed so bad🥲🥲
    Thanks a ton learned a lot man

    • @logiclanguagelearningFrench
      @logiclanguagelearningFrench  9 месяцев назад

      Bro’s eyebrows are tensed so badLY. Adverb 😉 Well, I’m 40 here and I don’t think I look too bad given I’ve CLEARLY not had Botox haha xx