Present tense — role?
Expresses current facts, habits
Présent — usage?
Actions now, truths, habits.
Imparfait — function?
Describes past states, ongoing actions
Imparfait — usage?
Past, ongoing or descriptive actions.
Passé simple — usage?
Narrative, brief past actions, mainly written
Passé simple — context?
Literary, brief past actions.
Futur simple — purpose?
Future intentions or actions.
Passé composé — components?
Auxiliary + past participle.
Plus-que-parfait — when?
Past before another past.
Subjunctive — function?
Express doubt, wish, necessity.
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1. Which French tense is primarily used to describe habitual actions or general truths in the present?
2. Which tense is primarily used to describe ongoing past actions or states in French?
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