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Mon grand-père réparait des vélos.

/mɔ̃ ɡʁɑ̃.pɛʁ ʁe.pa.ʁɛ de ve.lo/

My grandfather used to repair bikes.

A2neutral

The sentence, word by word

PatternPOSS + NOUN + VERB(imparfait) + ARTICLE + NOUN(pl)
  • Mon≠ ma · mesmydeterminer — article, number or possessive
  • grand-pèregrandfathersubject
  • réparaitused to repairverb
  • des vélosone unitbikesobject

The verb — where it comes from

  • réparait←réparerGroup 1 · -er verbs

    réparer → répar + ait → réparait

    Mood
    indicative
    Tense
    past continuous (imparfait)
    Person
    third person singular (il/elle/on)
    With
    grand-père

    The stem comes from the present nous form (nous parl-ons → parl-) and the endings are the same for every verb: ais · ais · ait · ions · iez · aient. The only exception is être: ét-.

    Full conjugation of «réparer»

Notes on this sentence

  • réparaitEnglish marks a past habit with used to or would. French has one tense for it, the imparfait: il réparait (stem répar- + -ait).

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