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Imperfect of the French verb être

The imperfect tense conjugations for the French verb être, along with their English translations.

être is an irregular verb


Verb phrases



ImperfectScored
j'étaisI was being
tu étaisyou were being
il étaithe was being
elle étaitshe was being
nous étionswe were being
vous étiezyou were being
ils étaientthey were being
elles étaientthey were being

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