Present
Remove the endings and replace them Perfect - Infinitive
avoir: Après avoir or ayant + past participle être: Après être or étant + past participle It's either after having... or having.... When using être, the past particple must agree with the subject Used to show two details in the past in a sequence in one sentence Imperfect
Stem + ending To get the stem, get the nous present form of the verb and remove the ons. Then add the ending. e.g. écouter > écoutons > écout - stem Present Particple
Stem + ant To get the stem, get the nous present form of the verb and remove the ons. Then add the ant. e.g. placer > plaĉons > plaĉ - stem -ing form usually used with a preposition to form a gerund e.g. en plaĉant = by placing Present Subjunctive
Stem + ending To get the stem, get the ils/elles present form of the verb and remove the ent. Then add the ending. e.g. finir > finissent > finiss - stem | Reflexive Verbs
Subject + pronoun + verb m' + t' + s' used before vowels or silent h Perfect - Reflexive Verbs
Subject + pronoun + form of être + past participle Past participle should agree with the subject Perfect - avoir
Subject + auxiliary verb + past participle Remove the ending and replace them to get past participle Most verbs use avoir as the auxiliary verb but movement verbs use être Simple Future
Stem + ending er and ir verbs-the stem is the infinitive re verbs-the stem is infinitive but chop off the e irregular-the stem is the same for the conditional Pluperfect
Subject + auxillary verb (imperfect) + past participle J'avais trouvé = I had found When using être, the past particple must agree with the subject | Perfect - être
Subject + auxiliary verb + past participle Remove the ending and replace them to get past participle Movement verbs from A to B use être as their auxiliary verb (DRMRSVANDERTRAMP) When using être as the auxiliary verb, the past participle has to agree with the subject e.g. Je suis allées <--- f and pl Conditional
Stem + ending er and ir verbs-the stem is the infinitive re verbs-the stem is infinitive but chop off the e irregular-the stem is the same for the simple future Near Future
Subject + part of aller + infinitive Negatives
Subject + ne + verb + pas AKA the negative sandwich |
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French Tenses and Negatives Cheat Sheet by thatgabperson
Negatives, Present, Imperfect, Perfect, Simple Future, Conditional
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