Tenses Flashcards

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Present Tense

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pronoun + infinitive conjugation

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Past Perfect Tense

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pronoun + auxiliary (avoir/être) + past participle (take infinitive then get rid of -er and change it to é, -ir change it to i, re change it to u) (or if using être as auxilliary DR MRS VANDERTRAMP verbs)

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Past Imperfect Tense

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pronoun + nous form of infinitive conjugation (take nous form of verb in present tense the get rid of -ons and add the following endings:
je -ais
tu -ais
il/elle/on -ait
nous -ions
vous -iez
ils/elles -aient
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Simple Future Tense

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pronoun + infinitive conjugation (take infinitive of verb and add following endings to -er and -ir verbs
je -ai
tu -as
il/elle/on -a
nous -ons
vous -ez
ils/elles -ont
for -re verbs take of e from infinitive and add same endings as above)
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Future (Immediate) Tense

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pronoun + aller congugation + infinitive

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Present Participle Tense

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normal present tense but add ‘en + infinitive verb conjugation’ which means while …
To get infinitive verb conjugation take nous form of verb and remove -ons ending and replace with -ant instead.

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