French verbs
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Verbs (French: les verbes) are 'doing' words which aim to describe what someone or something does, what someone or something is, or what happens to them, for example, be, sing, live.
Verbs can be divided into:
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Finite verb forms in general have a subject, which means that they can be the main verb in a sentence. Moreover, these verb forms can indicate a tense, person and number.
Basically we can differ between:
Non-finite verb forms do not have a subject, tense or number. Basically, non-finite verb forms are the infinitive (faire), the gerund (en faisant) or the participle (faisant/fait).
Verbs are actions words or nouns that indicate what the action is and when it is happening in the present, future or past. But they can also express possibilities, obligations like the modal verbs
The French grammar has 4 verbal moods and each mood has a present tense, a past tense and a future tense
On this page you will find an overview of the different verb tenses in different sections with their respective exercises.
Moods | Present | Past | Future |
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Présent simple
| Imparfait Passé simple Passé composé Plus-que-parfait Passé intérieur
| Future simple Futur intérieur | |
Présent du conditionnel
| Passé du conditionnel |
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Imperatif présent | Impératif passé |
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Subjonctif présent | Subjonctif passé Subjonctif plus-que-parfait Subjonctif imparfait |
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1. Present
2. Past
3. Future
In addition, you can access from this page to: reflexive verbs, auxiliaries, the modals, passive or active voice, reported speech.
| Past | Present | Futur |
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Simple | Elle vivait à London (she was living in London) | Elle travaille dans une usine (She works in a factory) | Elle viendra plus tard. (She will come later) |
Compound | Elle avait vécu à Londres. (She had lived in London.) | Elle m’a attendu au restaurant. (She has waited for me in the restaurant) | Elle sera venue plus tard. (She will have come later) |
Like in English, there are two types of verbs, irregular and regular. They differ by their way of conjugating.
Moreover generally, regular are French verbs ending in -er, -ir and belong to the 1st and 2nd group and irregular verbs are ending in -oir, -re, -ir and belong to the 3rd group.
Irregular verbs have a specific form for the present, past and participle
Regular verbs have only one form and to make the past or participle
To begin, you should take a look at the auxiliary verbs that you will use multiple times to form the different verb compound tenses
here you will get an overview of the present, past a future of the auxiliaries avoir and être
Present | Past | Future | |
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J’ai (present simple) J’aurais (conditional present) Aies (present imperative) Que j’aie (subjunctive present) | J’avais (imperfect) Je fus (literary past tense) Que j’eusse (subjunctive imperfect | J’aurai (future simple) | |
Je suis (present simple) Je serais (conditional present) Sois (present imperative) Que je sois (subjunctive present) | J’étais (imperfect) Que je fusse (subjunctive imperfect) | Je serai (future simple) |
To form the compound tenses, you use the conjugation of the auxiliaries that you we saw below in the table.
Modal verbs (French: les verbes modaux) are also auxiliary verbs, but unlike the previous ones, they are complementary verbs that accompany other verbs. They express ability, possibility, obligation or other condition.
In French, we can also differentiate between infinitives and gerunds. They also in present and in past for the verbs:
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1 Tenses and moods in French | Get a comprehensive overview about all French tenses and moods and study the topic online. |
2 French auxiliary verbs (avoir, être) | Get an overview of the use of auxiliary verbs in French and study the topic online |
3 Modal verbs in French | Get a comprehensive overview about French mode verbs and study the topic online. |
4 Passive voice in French | Get a comprehensive overview about the active and passive voice in French and study them online. |
5 Reflexive verbs in French | Get a comprehensive overview about all French reflexive verbs and study the topic online. |
6 Irregular verbs in French | Get a comprehensive overview about all the irregular French verbs and study the topic online. |
7 Regular verbs in French | Get a comprehensive overview about all the regular French verbs and study the topic online. |
8 Reported Speech in French | Get a comprehensive overview about the reported speech in French and study the topic online. |