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French Tenses and Negatives Cheat Sheet by

thatgabperson
Negatives, Present, Imperfect, Perfect, Simple Future, Conditional

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Present Reflexive Verbs

-ER -IR -RE Pronouns Example - s'appeller

Verbs Verbs Verbs me (m') Je m'appelle
e is s te (t') Tu t'appelles
es is s se (s') Il/elle/on s'appelle
e it nous Nous nous appelons
ons issons ons vous Vous vous appelez
ez issez ez se Ils/elles s'appellent
ent issent ent
Subject + pronoun + verb
Remove the endings and m' + t' + s' used before vowels
replace them or silent h
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 Perfect - Infinitive Perfect - Reflexive Verbs Perfect - être

After Having After Example - se disputer Stem Example - sortir

having been to having Je me suis disputé(e) endings
bought the school, fallen -ER Verbs Je suis sorti(e)
Tu t'es disputé(e)
ingred- I was down -é
ients, my very the Il/elle/on s'est disputé(e)(s)
-IR Verbs - Tu es sorti(e)
parents tired stairs, Nous nous sommes disputé(e)s
i
made she
Vous vous êtes disputé(e)(s)
pancakes went to -RE Verbs Il/elle/on est sorti(-
Ils/elles se sont disputé(e)s -u e)(s)
the
hospital Subject + pronoun + form of être Nous sommes
Après avoir Étant Après + past participle sorti(e)s
acheté des allé au être Past participle should agree with
Vous êtes sorti(e)
ingréd- collège, tombée the subject
(s)
ients. mes j'étais en bas
Ils/elles sont
parents ont très de Perfect - avoir
sorti(e)s
fait des fatigué l'esca- Stem Example -
crêpes lier, elle Subject + auxiliary verb + past
endings chanter
est allée participle
-ER Verbs - J'ai chanté Remove the ending and replace
à
é them to get past participle
l'hôpital
-IR Verbs - i Tu as chanté Movement verbs from A to B
avoir: Après avoir or ayant +
use être as their auxiliary verb
-RE Verbs - Il/elle/on a chanté
past participle
(DRMRSVANDERTRAMP)
u
être: Après être or étant + past
When using être as the auxiliary
participle Nous avons
verb, the past participle has to
It's either after having... or chanté
agree with the subject e.g. Je
having.... Vous avez chanté suis allée (female)
When using être, the past
Ils/elles ont
particple must agree with the
chanté
subject
Used to show two details in the Subject + auxiliary verb + past
past in a sequence in one participle
sentence Remove the ending and replace
them to get past participle
Most verbs use avoir as the
auxiliary verb but movement
verbs use être
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 Imperfect Simple Future Conditional

Stem Example - Stem Example - Example Stem Example - Example -

endings écouter endings regarder - perdre endings manger répondre

ais écoutais ai regarderai perdrai ais mangerais répondrais

ais écoutais as regarderas perdras ais mangerais répondrais

ait écoutait a regardera perdra ait mangerait répondrait

ions écoutions ons regard- perdrons ions mangerions répond-

iez écoutiez erons rions

aient écoutaient ez regarderez perdrez iez mangeriez répondriez

ont regard- perdront aient manger- répond-

Stem + ending
eront aient raient
To get the stem, get the nous
present form of the verb and Stem + ending Stem + ending
remove the ons. Then add the er and ir verbs-the stem is the er and ir verbs-the stem is the
ending. infinitive infinitive
e.g. écouter > écoutons > écout - re verbs-the stem is infinitive but re verbs-the stem is infinitive but
stem chop off the e chop off the e
irregular-the stem is the same irregular-the stem is the same
Present Particple for the conditional for the simple future

Example Example Example

Pluperfect Near Future
- placer - jeter - préfére

plaçant jetant = préférant Example - Example - Je vais I'm going to wear

= throwing = trouver monter porter

placing preferring J'avais trouvé J'étais monté(s) Tu vas You're going to

T'avais trouvé T'étais monté(s) porter wear

Stem + ant
To get the stem, get the nous Elle avait Elle était Il/elle/on va He/she/we are
present form of the verb and trouvé monté(e)(s) porter going to wear
remove the ons. Then add the Nous allons We're going to
Nous avions Nous étions
ant. porter wear
trouvé monté(e)s
e.g. placer > plaçons > plaç -
Vous aviez Vous étiez Vous allez You're going to
stem
trouvé monté(e)(s) porter wear
-ing form usually used with a
Ils/elles Ils/elles étaient Ils/elles They're going to
preposition to form a gerund
avaient monté(e)s vont porter wear
e.g. en plaçant = by placing
trouvé Subject + part of aller + infinitive

Subject + auxillary verb (imper-

fect) + past participle
J'avais trouvé = I had found
When using être, the past
particple must agree with the
subject
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 Present Subjunctive Negatives

Stem endings Example - finir Negatives English

e finisse ne ... never

es finisses jamais

e finisse ne ... ni ... neither ... nor

ni
ions finissions
ne ... pas not
iez finissiez
ne ... no one, nobody,
ent finissent
personne anyone, anybody
Stem + ending
ne ... plus no more, no longer
To get the stem, get the ils/elles
ne ... rien nothing
present form of the verb and
remove the ent. Then add the ne ... que only
ending. ne ... hardly
e.g. finir > finissent > finiss - guère
stem
Subject + ne + verb + pas
AKA the negative sandwich

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Blank, 11:56 13 Jun 21 thatgabperson

bravo, je l'aime beaucoup

kameleonkarma, 00:10 14 Apr 22

e.g. Je suis allées <--- f and pl ! Absolutely incorrect. It's "Je suis
allée" if you are a female and "Je suis allé" if you are a male. There is
no plural here. Nous sommes allées / allés is the 2nd person plural of
Metadata
the first person singular "Je"

Languages: English français

(French)
kameleonkarma, 00:12 14 Apr 22
Published: 12th May, 2019
I've seen way too may mistakes / errors / typos on all of these French
Last Updated: 11th June,
cheat sheets unfortunately.
2022
e.g. elle est allée au hôpital ---> it's Elle est allée à l'hôpital.
Rated: 4 out of 5 stars based
on 4 ratings

thatgabperson, 20:30 11 Jun 22

Thanks for spotting the errors! I no longer study French for

school so I had a friend help correct it aswell.
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