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I have the following sentence:

Quand j'avais 9 ans, je mangerais/'ai mangé le fromage habituellement

If you translate this to english, it would make sense to use the passé composé form of manger; however, I am also aware that you should use imparfait for any repeated action.

How should I conjugate manger?

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  • “mangerais” is not imparfait, it's conditionnel présent.
    – Toto
    Sep 20, 2020 at 10:46
  • It would be interresting to know what exactly you want to convey. For example, if you simply wanted to tell you used to eat cheese as a kid but not anymore as a grown up, I would drop "habituellement": "Quand j'étais petit, je mangeais du fromage"
    – Laurent S.
    Sep 20, 2020 at 17:21

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You confuse présent du conditionnel (mangerais) and imparfait de l'indicatif (mangeais).

Moreover, both le and habituellement are odd here.

Something idiomatic would be:

Quand j'avais neuf ans, j'avais l'habitude de manger du fromage.

or, if you insist to use habituellement:

Quand j'avais neuf ans, je mangeais habituellement du fromage.

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  • My bad, that was a typo on my part
    – RudyGoburt
    Sep 20, 2020 at 16:32
  • Bien que correcte, cette formulation me donne l'impression d'appeler un complément supplémentaire : tous les jours, le mercredi, avec mon grand-père,... peu importe, mais sans doute n'est-ce qu'une impression.
    – Laurent S.
    Sep 20, 2020 at 17:24

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