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There are exceptions, for example ê�ٰ��� starts differently (so you can't use nous sommes) but the endings are all the same. The stem for ê�ٰ��� is é��-:

• ��&#��27;é��ais - I was
• tu étais - you were (informal)
• il/elle/on était - he/she/we were
• nous étions - we were
• vous étiez - you were (formal, plural)
• ils/elles étaient - they were

Note that the endings for the imperfect tense are always the same.

Verbs like manger add an extra -e before -a, -o, -u. You take it from nous mangeons and it becomes:

• je mangeais
• tu mangeais
• il/elle/on mangeait
• nous mangions
• vous mangiez
• ils/elles mangeaient

With verbs like commencer, the last -c becomes -ç before -a, -o, -u. Nous commençons - BUT NOT in the nous and vous forms:

• je commenç������
• tu commenç������
• il/elle/on commenç������
• nous commencions
• vous commenciez
• ils/elles commenç������Գ�