French grammar Flashcards
Pronoun reflechis
Je me. tu te, Il/Elle/On se, nous nous, vous vous, Ils/se
Quel variations
quel, quelle, quels, quelles
Future proche
Going + infinitive = aller in imparfait + infinitive
Je vais, tu vas, il va, nous allons, vous allez, ils vont
Passe compose
Similar to the present perfect: I have gone
Usually used with “avoir” ai/as/a/avons/avez/ont
Occasionally with “etre” suis/es/est/sommes/etes/sont for reflexive verbs and verbs of movement” naître/mourir, aller/venir, monter/descendre, arriver/partir, entrer/sortir, apparaître, rester, retourner, tomber and their related forms such as: revenir, rentrer, remonter, redescendre, repartir.
ALL PLUS VERB IN PARTICIPE PASSE
Tout variations
Tot, toute, tous, toutes
Subjonctif
Le mode verbel de le irreel. Siempre se usa con que: No creo que le hable
Take the third person plural of the present indicative form of a verb (e.g., ils parlent) Remove the -ent ending (e.g., parlent → parl-)
Add the endings e/es/e/ions/iez/ent
Pronouns de complement direct
me/te/le/la/nous/vous/les
Imparfait
Like the past progressive: “I was walking”
ais/ais/ait/ions/iez/aient
C’est versus voici
For people and for objects
Participe passe
er > e
ir > i
re > u
Irregular verbs may vary, common ones are ete, eu (avoir)
Futur simple
The equivalent of “will”
ai/as/a/ons/ez/ont
aurai/auras/aura/aurons.aurez/auront
serai/seras/sera/serons/serez/seront
Words pronounced as ver
vers, vert, verre
Adjectifs possesifs
mon/ton/son/notre/votre/leur
ma/ta/sa/notre/votre/leur
mes/tes/ses/nos/vos/leurs
Conditionel
The equivalent of “would” or “could”
ais/ais/ait/ions/iez/aient
Pronouns reflechis
moi/toi/lui/elle/nous/vous/eux/elles
