Tenses Flashcards
How do you form perfect tense?
Subject pronoun (e.g.. tu)
Auxiliary (e.g.. as)
Past participle (e.g mangé)
What is perfect tense used to talk about?
Something that happened in the past
Perfect tense:
Er=?
Ir=?
Re= ?
Er= é
Ir= i
Re= u
I bought
J’ai vendu
What is the near future tense used to talk about?
What is going to happen in the future
How is the near future tense formed?
The present tense verb of aller + the infinitive of the main verb
I am going to watch
Je vais regarder
What is real simple future used to talk about?
What will happen in the future
How to form real simple future tense (-er and -ir verbs)?
Add ending to the infinitive of the verb
How to form real simple future tense (-re verbs)?
Take the final -e off the infinitive and add the ending
What is the imperfect tense used to talk about?
What was happening
How do you form the imperfect tense?
Take the nous form of the present tense, drop the nous and the -ons and add the imperfect tense ending
I was watching
Je regardais
What is the conditional tense used for?
What would, could or should happen
How is the conditional formed?
The conditional is formed by adding the imperfect tense ending to the simple future tense stem.
The future tense stem is just the infinitive for -er and -ir verbs, and the infinitive minus - e for -re verbs.
