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French Verb Tenses
nine verb tenses learned halfway through french three
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Language - French
11th Grade
01/03/2011

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Term
Presnet Tense
**I am speaking**
Definition
infinitive of the verb, take off er, re, or ir, and add e, u, and i respectively [Je parle]
Term
Future Proche
**I am going to speak**
Definition
Conjugate aller (vais, vas, va, allons, allez, vont) then add infinitive of verb [Je vais parler]
Term
Passe Compose avec Avoir
**I spoke**
Definition
used for most verbs conjugate avoir (ai, as, J'ai parle
Term
Passe Compose avec Etre
**I fell**
Definition
used for Vandertramp verbs (coming and going) conjugate etre (suis, es, est, sommes, etes, ont) then add past participle [Je suis tombe]
Term
Future Simple
**I will speak**
Definition
Infinitive or stem then add ending (ai, as, a, ons, ez, ont) [Je parlerai]
Term
Conditional
**I would speak**
Definition
infinitive or stem then add endings (ais, ais, ait, ions, iez, aient) [Je parlerais]
Term
Future Anterieur
**I will have spoken**
Definition
conjugate avoir or etre (respective to vandertramps)then add ending (ai, as, a, ons, ez, ont) then add past participle [J'aurais parle]
Term
Imparfait
**I was speaking**
Definition
use nous form of verb (minus the ons) then add ending (ais, ais, ait, ions, iez, aient) [Je parlais]
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