Grammer Flashcards
What are the present tense ending for ER verbs?
je +e tu +es il/elle +e nous +ons vous +ez ils/elles +ent
What are the present tense ending for RE verbs?
je +s tu +s il/elle + nous +ons vous +ez ils/elles +ent
What are the present tense ending for IR verbs?
je +is tu +is il/elle +it nous +issons vous +issez ils/elles +issent
What are the endings for the imperfect tense?
je +ais tu +ais il/elle +ait nous +ions vous +iez ils/elles +aient
What are the endings for the future tense and how do you form it?
Add ending to the inifinitve
je +ai tu +as il/elle +a nous +ons vous +ez ils/elles +ont
How do you form the conditional tense?
infinitive + imperfect endings
Future/conditional stem of aller
ir + ending
Future/conditional stem of etre
ser + ending
Future/conditional stem of avoir
aur + ending
Future/conditional stem of faire
fer + ending
Future/conditional stem of pouvoir (to be able to)
pourr + ending
Future/conditional stem of devoir (to have to)
devr + ending
Future/conditional stem of savoir (to know)
saur + ending
Future/conditional stem of venir (to come)
viendr + ending
Future/conditional stem of voir
verr + ending
Future/conditional stem of vouloir
voudr + ending
How would you form the pluperfect?
Translate “You had already left when I arrived.”
The imperfect tense of avoir and être and add the past participle.
E.g. “tu étais partie quand je suis arrivé”
What do masculine nouns generally end in?
- age
- ment
- il, -ail, -eil, -ueil
- é (but not -té)
- eau and -ou
- ème, -ège
- i, -at, -et and -ot
- er
- oir
- isme
- ing
- ard
What do feminine nous generally end in?
-tion, -sion and -son
-ure
-ude, -ade
-ée
-té
-ière
Consonant followed by -ie
-euse
-ance, -ence
Most other endings consisting of Vowel + Consonant + e: -ine, -ise, -alle, -elle, -esse, -ette etc
How do you form the future tense and when would you use it?
avoir or etre in the future tense + past participle
use to say that something will have taken place
e.g. I will have left by the time he arrives
Je serai partie quand il arrivera
What are the direct object pronouns and when would you use them?
me - me you - te him/it - le her/it - la us - nous you - vous them - les
e.g.
Ils nous aiment - they like us
Je te regarde - I’m watching you
When are emphatic pronouns used and what are they?
me - moi you - toi him/it - lui her/it - elle us - nous you - vous them - eux
used after a preposition
e.g.
avec moi - with me
pour eux - for them
When are indirect pronouns used and what are they?
to me - me to you - te to him/it - lui to her/it - lui to us - nous to you - vous to them - leur
used with certain verbs to say ‘to’ someone
e.g.
Je leur téléphone tous les jours - I phone them everyday
other verbs: envoyer, parler, appeller, écrire
Any verb usually followed by ‘to’ in english
