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• Is used to say what you do in general or what you are doing at the present time.
eg “I go” and “I am going”.
Regular Verbs
RE VERBS: je vends
tu vends
il / elle / on vend
nous vendons
vous vendez
ils / elles vendent
Irregular Verbs
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MOURIR – TO DIE OFFRIR – TO OFFER PARTIR – TO LEAVE
The Negative
To form the negative of the present tense, put “ne” before the verb and “pas” after it.
eg. Je ne vais pas = I don’t go
To form the negative of a reflexive verb, put “ne” before the reflexive pronoun, and “pas” after
the verb.
eg. Je ne me couche pas = I don’t go to bed.
• Is used to say what you have done or what you did. eg. “I have eaten”, “I ate”.
• Is used for actions which are now completed.
• Is a compound tense in French, ie. it is always made up of three parts; the subject
pronoun (I, you, he etc) + the auxiliary verb (avoir or être) + the past participle.
• Regular Verbs
ER VERBS: Knock the “er” off the infinitive, then add “é”.
eg. J’ai joué, tu as regardé, il a oublié
These use
“avoir” as their
IR VERBS: Knock the “ir” off the infinitive, then add “i”.
auxiliary verb
eg. nous avons fini, vous avez choisi, ils ont rempli
RE VERBS: Knock the “re” off the infinitive, then add “u”.
eg. elles ont vendu, j’ai perdu, tu as attendu.
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These use
Irregular Verbs “avoir” as their
auxiliary verb
Here are some of the most common irregular past participles:
The past participles of verbs which take “être” must “agree” with the pronouns.
This very rarely makes a difference to the pronunciation of the past participle. The only time it
does is with the word “mort”. When this is masculine singular and plural, the “t” is silent; when
it’s feminine singular or plural, it’s pronounced.
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Reflexive verbs also take “être” in the past tense. The past participles “agree” with the
subject pronouns in the same way as the “DRAPERS VAN MMT” past participles.
The Negative
To form the negative, the “ne” goes before the auxiliary verb and the “pas” goes after.
When using a reflexive verb in the perfect tense, the “ne” goes before the reflexive pronoun and
the “pas” goes after the auxiliary verb.
Regular Verbs:
j’allais
tu allais
il / elle / on allait
nous allions
vous alliez
ils / elles allaient (Silent “ent”)
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Irregular Verbs:
There is only one irregular verb; this is être (the present tense “nous” form of être is sommes,
therefore there is no “ons” to knock off to form the imperfect stem.)
eg j’étais
tu étais
il / elle / on était
nous étions
vous étiez
ils / elles étaient
Reflexive Verbs:
These work in exactly the same way; you just need to include the reflexive pronoun.
The Negative:
The “ne” comes before the verb and the “pas” goes after it.
Here, the “ne” comes before the reflexive pronoun and the “pas” comes after it
eg. tu ne te lavais pas les cheveux.
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eg. il va aimer nous allons aller elle va acheter je vais attendre
Reflexive Verbs:
Form the immediate future tense in exactly the same way, but make sure you change the
reflexive pronoun to match the subject pronoun.
The Negative:
eg. il ne va pas aimer nous n’allons pas aller elle ne va pas acheter
ils ne vont pas se marier je ne vais pas m’amuser
je prendrai
tu aimeras
il / elle / on pensera Notice how similar these
nous parlerons endings are to the
vous resterez present tense of “avoir”.
ils / elles mangeront
Irregular Verbs
Infitive Future
Acheter j’achèterai
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Avoir j’aurai
Être je serai
Faire je ferai
Pouvoir je pourrai
Venir je viendrai
Voir je verrai
Courir je courrai
Devoir je devrai
Recevoir je recevrai
Savoir je saurai
Vouloir je voudrai
Use the future stem (usually the inifinitive, with the exception of the above list) + the imperfect
endings (je –ais, tu –ais, il/elle/on –ait, nous –ions, vous –iez, ils/elle –aient)
Form the pluperfect tense in exactly the same way as the perfect tense, but use the
imperfect form of the auxiliary verb (avoir or être).
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je m’étais trompé(e)
tu t’étais reposé(e)
il / elle / on s’était amusé(e)(s)
nous nous étions lavé(e)s
vous vous étiez douché(e)(s)
ils / elle s’étaient promené(e)s
Form the conditional perfect tense in exactly the same way as the perfect tense, but use the
conditional form of the auxiliary verb (avoir or être).
je me serais trompé(e)
tu te serais reposé(e)
il / elle / on se serait amusé(e)(s)
nous nous serions lavé(e)s
vous vous seriez douché(e)(s)
ils / elle se seraient promené(e)s
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TO FORM THE FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
Form the future perfect tense in exactly the same way as the perfect tense, but use the future
form of the auxiliary verb (avoir or être).
je me serai trompé(e)
tu te seras reposé(e)
il / elle / on se sera amusé(e)(s)
nous nous serons lavé(e)s
vous vous serez douché(e)(s)
ils / elle se seront promené(e)s