Tenses Flashcards

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L’Imparfait

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Remove “-ons” ending from the present nous form -> add the correct ending

Je - ~ais
Tu - ~ais
Il - ~ait
Nous - ~ions
Vous - ~iez
Ils - ~aient

Except “etre” -> stem is “et-“

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Etre (to be) - present

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Je - suis
Tu - es
Il - est
Nous - sommes
Vous - etes
Ils - sont

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Avoir (to have) - present

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Je - j’ai
Tu - as
Il - a
Nous - avons
Vous - avez
Ils - ont

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It does (il fait)

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Il a faut/ il faisait, il fait, il fera

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It rains (il pleut)

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Il a plu/ il pleuvait, il pleut, il pleuvra

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It snows (il neige)

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Il a neigé/ il neigeait, il neige, il neigera

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There is (il y a)

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Il y a eu/ il y avait, il y a, il y aura

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It freezes (il gele)

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Il a gele/ il gelait, il gele, il gelera

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It hails (il grele)

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Il a grele/ il grelait, il grele, il grelera

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Le futur

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Take the verb in infinitive -> add the correct ending

Je - ~ai
Tu - ~as
Il - ~a
Nous - ~ons
Vous - ~ez
Ils - ~ont

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Conditional

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Take the verb in infinitive -> add the correct ending

Je - ~ais
Tu - ~ais
Il - ~ait
Nous - ~ions
Vous - ~iez
Ils - ~aient

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Irregular Stems for future & conditional

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Courir -> courr~
Envoyer -> enverr~
Obtenir -> obtiendr~
Recevoir -> recevr~
Mourir -> maurr~
Tenir -> tiendr~
Falloir -> faudr~
Pleuvoir -> pleuvr~
Avoir -> aur~
Aller -> ir~
Etre -> ser~
Faire -> fer~
Vouloir -> vouldr~
Pouvoir -> pourr~
Voir -> verr~
Savoir -> saur~
Devoir -> devr~
Venir -> viendr~

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Past participle - irregular

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Avoir -> eu
Prendre -> pris
Dire -> dit
Ecrire -> écrit
Courir -> couru
Vouloir -> voulu
Devoir -> du
Pouvoir -> pu
Connaitre -> connu
Etre -> ete
Lire -> lu
Offrir -> offert
Voir -> vu
Recevoir -> recu
Ouvrir -> ouvert
Faire -> fait
Croire -> cru
Boire -> bu
Savoir -> su

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Passe Compose - irregulars

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Pronoun + “aller” conjugated + PP with correct ending:

F.S. - “-e”
M. Pl. - “-s”
F. Pl. - “-es”

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