Tenses in french with examples
- past verbs in french
- past conjugation in french
- past participle verbs in french
- tense verb in french
Passé composé french.
French Past Tense (Beginner's Guide)
In French, there are primarily three main tenses used to express the past: Passé Composé, Imparfait, and Plus-Que-Parfait.
Passé Composé
The passé composé is used to describe actions that were completed at a specific time in the past.
Simple past tense in french
It is akin to the English simple past and present perfect and is the most commonly used past tense in spoken French.
Formation: Auxiliary Verb (either avoir or être) + Past Participle
The auxiliary verb is conjugated in the present tense, and the past participle remains constant, with modifications for gender and number when être is used.
Example:
Imparfait
The imparfait is used for ongoing or habitual actions in the past, descriptions, or to set a scene.
It corresponds to the English past continuous or used to.
Formation: Stem of the nous form of the present tense + Imparfait Endings (-ais, -ais, -ait, -ions, -iez, -aient)
Example:
I was eating/I used to eat.
Plus-Que-Parfait
The plus-que-parfait is used to express actions that had occurred before another past action.
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