Passé composé in French is the equivalent of the past tense – but beginners can use passé composé as a past tense. The reason for this recommendation is that it is much easier to construct the passé composé than to remember all the irregular conjugations of the past tense form imparfait (although, of course, once … Read more
Futur simple is usually simply called futur and is one of the three future tenses in French grammar (the other two are futur passé and futur proche). Futur simple is a future tense: Futur simple = Future Futur passé = Past future Futur proche = Near future Future simple is used to describe actions that … Read more
The grammatical tense “plus-que-parfait” allows to express actions or events that occurred before another past action, adding a layer of temporal precision to their storytelling or descriptions. Formation avoir/être (imperative) + main verb (passé composé) Example: J’avais + parlé (I had spoken) Plus-que-parfait is formed by using the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” in … Read more
Avoir is a very important auxiliary verb in French. Below you can see the different conjugations of avoir and at the bottom of the page you can read about how the verb is used and pronounced correctly. Conjugation of avoir Indicatif (indicative) Conditionnel (future of the past) … Read more
Être is a very important auxiliary verb in French. Below you can see the different conjugations of être and at the bottom of the page you can read about the correct use and pronunciation of the verb. Conjugation of être Indicatif (indicative) Conditionnel (the future of the past) … Read more