english tenses/conjugations/moods Flashcards
Present indicative / Le présent de l’indicatif (1)
Used to state something that happened
“I go”
(also used as “I do go” and “I am going”)
(aller - to go)
je vais - go tu vas - you go il/elle/on va - he/she/it goes nous allons - we go vous allez - you go ils/elles - they go
Imperfect indicative / imparfait de l’indicatif (2)
“I was going”
(also used as “I went” and “I used to go”
(aller - to go)
j' allais - I was going tu allais - you were going il/elle/on allait - he/she/it was going nous allions | we were going vous alliez | you were going ils allaient | they were going
simple past / passé simple (3)
Used to state something that happened
“I went”
(also used as “I did go”)
(aller - to go)
j'allai | I went tu allas | you went il/elle/on alla | he/she/it went nous allâmes | we went vous allâtes | you went ils allèrent | they went
Futur / Future (4)
Used to state something that has not happened yet
“I will go”
(aller - to go)
j'irai - I will go tu iras - you will go il/elle/on ira - he/she/it will go nous irons - we will go vous irez - you will go ils iront - they will go
Conditional / conditionnel (present) (5)
Used to state something that may or may not happen dependent on something else
(aller - to go)
j'irais - I would go tu irais - you would go il/elle/on irait - he/she it would go nous irions - we would go vous iriez - you would go ils iraient - they would go
Present Subjunctive / présent du subjonctif (6)
Used in certain contexts to express wishes, requests or conditions contrary to fact
“I may go”
(**this tense pairs with “ask, insist, wish, recommend, request, suggest | and used with contrary to fact “if” clauses)
(aller - to go)
que j'aille - that I may go que tu ailles - that you may go qu'il aille - that he may go que nous allions - that we may go que vous alliez - that you may go qu'ils aillent - that they may go
Imperfect subjunctive/ imparfait du subjonctif (7)
Used in certain contexts to express wishes, requests or conditions contrary to fact
“That I might go”
(aller - to go)
que j'allasse - that I might go que tu allasses - that you might go qu'il allât - that he might go que nous allassions - that we might go que vous allassiez - that you might go qu'ils allassent - that they might go
passé composé (compound past) / passé antérieur (8)
(used with être)
“I have gone”
(also I went / I did go, I had gone)
(aller - to go)
je suis allé - I have gone tu es allé - you have gone il est allé - he has gone nous sommes allés - we have gone vous êtes allés - you have gone ils sont allés - they have gone