French verb conjugation is the process of changing verb forms to match the subject and tense, covering regular and irregular verbs across all moods.
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Table of Contents
- Present Tense
Present tense in French, known as le présent de l’indicatif, is used to describe current actions, general truths, and habitual activities. It also expresses near-future events and can be used for narration.
- Past Tenses
A comprehensive overview of French past tenses, including passé composé, imparfait, plus-que-parfait, and passé simple, explaining their usage and formation.
- Passé Composé
Passé composé is a French past tense used to express completed actions, using auxiliary verbs “avoir” or “être” and past participles.
- Imparfait
Imparfait is a French verb tense used to describe ongoing or habitual past actions, set the scene, or express what used to happen.
- Plus-que-parfait
Plus-que-parfait is a French past tense used to indicate actions that had already been completed before another past action. It is formed with the imperfect tense of the auxiliary verb (avoir or être) and the past participle.
- Passé Simple (literary)
Passé simple is a literary past tense used in French for completed actions in writing, especially in novels, history, and formal narratives.
- Future Tenses
A comprehensive overview of French future tenses, including simple future and near future (futur proche) forms, usage, and key verbs.
- Futur Proche
French grammar guide explaining the futur proche tense, its usage, formation with aller + infinitive, and examples for expressing near-future actions.
- Futur Simple
A comprehensive guide to the French futur simple tense, including its usage, formation, irregular verbs, time expressions, and common mistakes.
- Futur Antérieur
The French Futur Antérieur is a compound future tense used to express actions that will have been completed before another future action or point in time.
- Conditional Tenses
An overview of the French conditional tenses, explaining their use for expressing hypothetical situations, politeness, and future-in-the-past.
- Present Conditional
Present Conditional in French grammar, explaining how to form and use the conditional mood for expressing wishes, making polite requests, and hypothesizing.
- Past Conditional
French past conditional overview detailing formation with auxiliary verbs and past participle, usage for hypothetical past actions, regrets, and reported speech.
- Subjunctive Mood
Subjunctive Mood is a French verb form used to express doubt, desire, emotion, necessity, or uncertainty.
- Present Subjunctive
A thorough explanation of the French present subjunctive, including its formation, usage, and key examples.
- Past Subjunctive
Past subjunctive in French grammar: usage, formation with auxiliary and past participle, and common trigger expressions.
Last updated: Thu Jun 12, 2025
