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Overview of Tenses
Plus-que-parfait je/j’ avais aimé avais fini avais dormi avais vendu
action that took place tu avais aimé avais fini avais dormi avais vendu
before another action in
il/elle/on avait aimé avait fini avait dormi avait vendu
the past (past anterior)
nous avions aimé avions fini avions dormi avions vendu
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Passé antérieur je/j’ eus aimé eus fini eus dormi eus vendu
past action that had tu eus aimé eus fini eus dormi eus vendu
occured directly before
another action (passé il/elle/on eut aimé eut fini eut dormi eut vendu
simple) occured in the
nous eûmes aimé eûmes fini eûmes dormi eûmes vendu
past
vous eûtes aimé eûtes fini eûtes dormi eûtes vendu
we mostly find it in
literary texts ils/elles eurent aimé eurent fini eurent dormi eurent vendu
Futur antérieur je/j’ aurai aimé aurai fini aurai dormi aurai vendu
supposition about an tu auras aimé auras fini auras dormi auras vendu
action in the past
il/elle/on aura aimé aura fini aura dormi aura vendu
supposition that an
nous aurons aimé aurons fini aurons dormi aurons vendu
action will have been
completed by a specified vous aurez aimé aurez fini aurez dormi aurez vendu
point in the future ils/elles auront aimé auront fini auront dormi auront vendu
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* Most ir-verbs are conjugated like finir. Choisir, réagir, réfléchir and réussir belong to this group. Here
we add an -iss- to the word stem in the plural forms.
** Most ir-verbs that are not conjugated like finir, are conjugated like dormir. Mentir, partir and sentir
are part of this group. We don't add -iss- to form the plural.
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