Tenses Flashcards
Present tense ER verbs
E ES E ONS EZ ENT
Present Tense IR Verbs
IS IS IT ISSONS ISSEZ ISSENT
Present Tense RE Verbs
S S - ONS EZ ENT
Present tense definition
Used to discuss events taking place at this moment in time.
Aller (irregular) definition
to go
Aller endings present tense
JE VAIS TU VAS IL VA NOUS ALLONS VOUS ALLEZ ILS VONT
Avoir (irregular) definition
To have
Avoir endings present tense
J'AI TU AS IL A NOUS AVONS VOUS AVEZ ILS ONT
Near future definition
To be going to do something (in the near future)
How to form the near future tense
JE TU IL NOUS + INFINITIVE (ANY VERB) VOUS eg finir ILS
Simple future definition
An action that has not yet begun but will happen sometime in the future (further away than near future)
How to form simple future tense
Formed by taking the infinitive and adding on the future endings.
eg regarder
JE regarderAI TU regarderAS IL regarderA NOUS regarderONS VOUS regarderEZ ILS regarderONT
Definition of Perfect tense
Have or had
Forming the perfect tense with avoir verbs
Auxiliary + Past Participle
J'AI to get past participle - remove infinitive TU AS endings and add: IL A ER= É NOUS AVONS IR = I VOUS AVEZ RE = U ILS ONT
Forming the perfect tense with etre verbs
Etre + past participle of MRS VANDETRAMP
JE SUIS TU ES IL EST NOUS SOMMES VOUS ÉTES ILS SONT