Verb Forms and Conjugation

Question 1

How to form the imperfect tense

Answer 1

Take nous form, omit -ons, add

• ais
• ais
• ait
• ions
• iez
• aient

Question 2

how to generate the simple past, -er verbs

Answer 2

take the nous form of the present tense, omit -ons, add

-ai, -as, -a, -âmes, -âtes, -èrent.

Question 3

how to generate the simple past, -ir and -re verbs

Answer 3

take the
past participle, omit the final vowel, and add the following endings: -is, -is, -
it, -îmes, -îtes, -irent.

Question 4

how to form the simple past for -oir verbs

Answer 4

take the past participle, omit the final vowel, and add the following endings: -us, -us, -ut, -ûmes, -ûies, -urent

Question 5

How to form the future and conditional for all verb types

Answer 5

Take the infinitive form of -er, -ir and -re verbs (deleting the final e in the latter case)

Future: -ai, -as, -a, -ons, -ez, -ont
Conditional: -ais, -ais, -ait, -ions, -iez, -aient

Question 6

how to form the present subjunctive

Answer 6

take the third person plural ils/elles form of
the present tense, omit -ent and add the endings:

• e
• es
• e
• ions
• iez
• ent

Question 7

how to form the imperfect subjunctive

Answer 7

For all regular verb conjugations, take the first person singular je form of the
simple past tense, omit the last letter and add the endings:

-sse
-sses
-^t
-ssions
-ssiez
ssent

Question 8

how to form the imperative

Answer 8

take the second person singular tu form, the second person plural vous form and the first person plural
nous form of the present tense, delete the subject and the final -s of any verb
which ends in -es or -as.

Question 9

present tense finir

Answer 9

Présent

je finis
tu finis
il/elle finit
nous finissons
vous finissez
ils finissent

Question 10

imperfect of finir

Answer 10

je	finissais /fi.ni.sɛ/
tu	finissais /fi.ni.sɛ/
il;elle;on	finissait /fi.ni.sɛ/
nous	finissions /fi.ni.sjɔ̃/
vous	finissiez /fi.ni.sje/
ils;elles	finissaient /fi.ni.sɛ/

Question 11

future tense of finir

Answer 11

je	finirai /fi.ni.ʁe/
tu	finiras /fi.ni.ʁa/
il;elle;on	finira /fi.ni.ʁa/
nous	finirons /fi.ni.ʁɔ̃/
vous	finirez /fi.ni.ʁe/
ils;elles	finiront /fi.ni.ʁɔ̃/

Question 12

passé simple of finir

Answer 12

je	finis /fi.ni/
tu	finis /fi.ni/
il;elle;on	finit /fi.ni/
nous	finîmes /fi.nim/
vous	finîtes /fi.nit/
ils;elles	finirent /fi.niʁ/

Question 13

conditional of finir

Answer 13

je	finirais /fi.ni.ʁɛ/
tu	finirais /fi.ni.ʁɛ/
il;elle;on	finirait /fi.ni.ʁɛ/
nous	finirions /fi.ni.ʁjɔ̃/
vous	finiriez /fi.ni.ʁje/
ils;elles	finiraient /fi.ni.ʁɛ/

Question 14

imperative of finir

Answer 14

tu finis /fi.ni/
nous finissons /fi.ni.sɔ̃/
vous finissez /fi.ni.se/

Question 15

present subjunctiv eof finir

Answer 15

je	finisse /fi.nis/
tu	finisses /fi.nis/
il;elle;on	finisse /fi.nis/
nous	finissions /fi.ni.sjɔ̃/
vous	finissiez /fi.ni.sje/
ils;elles	finissent /fi.nis/

Question 16

imperfect subjunctive of finir

Answer 16

je	finisse /fi.nis/
tu	finisses /fi.nis/
il;elle;on	finît /fi.ni/
nous	finissions /fi.ni.sjɔ̃/
vous	finissiez /fi.ni.sje/
ils;elles	finissent /fi.nis/