French Verbs - Tense, Mood, Voice

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Everything about French verbs: introduction to verbs, verb conjugations, tenses, mood, voice,
irregular French verbs, lists of most common verbs, and many other topics.

Introduction to French Verbs

A lesson about the basics of French verbs.

French Verb Conjugator

Use this French verb conjugator to find the conjugations of more than a thousand French verbs.

681 Most Common French Verbs

Download a list of 681 most common French verbs with English translations. The list is
available in Adobe PDF format with and without highlights.

Q: What is a verb?
A verb is a word that shows action or a state of being. In the French language, all verbs have
to be conjugated, which means that they take different forms depending on the subject. There
are 5 categories of French verbs: -ER verbs, -IR verbs, and -RE verbs (aka regular verbs),
stem-changing verbs, and irregular verbs.

Top French verbs

Discover ten most common French verbs with English translations, lessons and conjugations.
Test your conjugation expertise with the conjugation quizzes.

French Present Tense

An introduction to the present tense of French verbs, which is used to express current actions
and situations, habitual actions, absolute and general facts, actions which will occur
immediately, and certain conditions.

French Future Tense

A lesson on the French future tense, which is used to talk about upcoming and future events.

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Passé composé - French Compound Past Tense

Learn about Passé composé, the most common French past tense used to talk about one or
more actions which completed or repeated a number of times in the past.

French Imperfect - Incomplete past tense

A lesson on the French Imperfect, a descriptive past tense used to express continuous,
repeated actions or incomplete actions.

French Reflexive Verbs

A grammatical explanation of French reflexive verbs and their conjugations to different tenses.

Conjugating Reflexive Verbs

You may have used French reflexive verbs in a construction like "Je m' appelle" (My name is).
This lesson gives a quick intro into French reflexive verbs and their conjugations.

What is the subjunctive?

The definition of the French subjunctive mood with examples. This topic of subjunctive is
suitable for intermediate French students.

French Subjunctive
This lesson will clarify the difficulties you may have about the subjunctive mood in French. It
consists of three parts that teach how to conjugate the present subjunctive of regular verbs and
irregular verbs, as well as how to use the subjunctive.

Irregular French verbs

In contrast to regular verbs, irregular French verbs fall outside the standard patterns of
conjugation. This reference provides conjugation tables for 24 most useful irregular verbs,
including "Être" (to be), "aller" (to go), "avoir" (to have), "boire" (to drink), "connaitre" (to know),
"devoir" (to have to), "dire" (to say) and others.

Regular -IR French Verbs

This lesson shows how to conjugate a regular -IR verb in the present tense.

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Regular -RE French Verbs

This lesson on conjugation of a small group of verbs sharing the regular -RE conjugation
pattern.

Conjugaison française
A wikipedia article about conjugation of French verbs. Available in French only. Click here for
automatic English translation via Google Translate.

French Verb Videos

Conjugation of -er verbs, Subject pronouns This lesson will introduce you into French subject pronoun

-IR verbs in the Present Tense Learn about -IR verbs, affirmative and negative statements, and "Yes"

Conjugation of -RE verbs This lesson looks at the conjugation of -RE verbs in French.

Irregular verbs - Near future - Recent past These irregular verbs are very important to know about: "al

The verb Être Learn how to conjugate the verbs "Être" (to be), "aller" (to go), "avoir" (to have), and sev

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French verb - Être - Présent Conjugation table for the verb "Être" in the present tense.

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