◦ tu - you (informal, used for people you know or with children)
◦ vous - you (more formal, or for more than one person) ◦ on - here we illustrate on as the informal/conversational 'we' but depending on context it can be translated in other ways, for example 'one', 'you', 'they', 'everyone', 'someone' and 'people' ◦ ils - they (used to replace masculine nouns or mixed masculine and feminine nouns) ◦ elles - they (used to replace feminine nouns)
NOTES SUR LES TEMPS
Refer to the course outline page to explore the individual tenses in
more detail.
For example, lesson 23 is very useful for comparing the passé
composé to the imparfait, and lesson 10 gives you information on how to express the 'continuous' in French.
◦ je réussis - I succeed, I am succeeding ◦ tu réussis - you succeed, you are succeeding ◦ il réussit - he succeeds, he is succeeding ◦ elle réussit - she succeeds, she is succeeding ◦ on réussit - we succeed, we are succeeding ◦ nous réussissons - we succeed, we are succeeding ◦ vous réussissez - you succeed, you are succeeding ◦ ils réussissent - they succeed, they are succeeding ◦ elles réussissent - they succeed, they are succeeding
PASSÉ COMPOSÉ
◦ j'ai réussi - I succeeded, I have succeeded, I did succeed
◦ tu as réussi - you succeeded, you have succeeded, you did succeed ◦ il a réussi - he succeeded, he has succeeded, he did succeed ◦ elle a réussi - she succeeded, she has succeeded, she did succeed ◦ on a réussi - we succeeded, we have succeeded, we did succeed ◦ nous avons réussi - we succeeded, we have succeeded, we did succeed ◦ vous avez réussi - you succeeded, you have succeeded, you did succeed ◦ ils ont réussi - they succeeded, they have succeeded, they did succeed ◦ elles ont réussi - they succeeded, they have succeeded, they did succeed
◦ je réussirai - I will succeed ◦ tu réussiras - you will succeed ◦ il réussira - he will succeed ◦ elle réussira - she will succeed ◦ on réussira - we will succeed ◦ nous réussirons - we will succeed ◦ vous réussirez - you will succeed ◦ ils réussiront - they will succeed ◦ elles réussiront - they will succeed
IMPARFAIT
◦ je réussissais - I was succeeding, I used to succeed, I succeeded
◦ tu réussissais - you were succeeding, you used to succeed, you succeeded ◦ il réussissait - he was succeeding, he used to succeed, he succeeded ◦ elle réussissait - she was succeeding, she used to succeed, she succeeded ◦ on réussissait - we were succeeding, we used to succeed, we succeeded ◦ nous réussissions - we were succeeding, we used to succeed, we succeeded ◦ vous réussissiez - you were succeeding, you used to succeed, you succeeded ◦ ils réussissaient - they were succeeding, they used to succeed, they succeeded ◦ elles réussissaient - they were succeeding, they used to succeed, they succeeded
◦ tu réussirais - you would succeed ◦ il réussirait - he would succeed ◦ elle réussirait - she would succeed ◦ on réussirait - we would succeed ◦ nous réussirions - we would succeed ◦ vous réussiriez - you would succeed ◦ ils réussiraient - they would succeed ◦ elles réussiraient - they would succeed
PLUS-QUE-PARFAIT
◦ j'avais réussi - I had succeeded
◦ tu avais réussi - you had succeeded ◦ il avait réussi - he had succeeded ◦ elle avait réussi - she had succeeded ◦ on avait réussi - we had succeeded ◦ nous avions réussi - we had succeeded ◦ vous aviez réussi - you had succeeded ◦ ils avaient réussi - they had succeeded ◦ elles avaient réussi - they had succeeded
FUTUR ANTÉRIEUR
◦ j'aurai réussi - I will have succeeded
◦ tu auras réussi - you will have succeeded ◦ il aura réussi - he will have succeeded ◦ elle aura réussi - she will have succeeded
◦ on aura réussi - we will have succeeded ◦ nous aurons réussi - we will have succeeded ◦ vous aurez réussi - you will have succeeded ◦ ils auront réussi - they will have succeeded ◦ elles auront réussi- they will have succeeded
CONDITIONNEL PASSÉ
◦ j'aurais réussi - I would have succeeded
◦ tu aurais réussi - you would have succeeded ◦ il aurait réussi - he would have succeeded ◦ elle aurait réussi - she would have succeeded ◦ on aurait réussi - we would have succeeded ◦ nous aurions réussi - we would have succeeded ◦ vous auriez réussi - you would have succeeded ◦ ils auraient réussi - they would have succeeded ◦ elles auraient réussi - they would have succeeded
SUBJONCTIF PRÉSENT
◦ que je réussisse - that I succeed
◦ que tu réussisses - that you succeed ◦ qu'il réussisse - that he succeeds ◦ qu'elle réussisse - that she succeeds ◦ qu'on réussisse - that we succeed ◦ que nous réussissions - that we succeed ◦ que vous réussissiez - that you succeed ◦ qu'ils réussissent - that they succeed ◦ qu'elles réussissent - that they succeed
◦ que tu aies réussi - that you succeeded ◦ qu'il ait réussi - that he succeeded ◦ qu'elle ait réussi - that she succeeded ◦ qu'on ait réussi - that we succeeded ◦ que nous ayons réussi - that we succeeded ◦ que vous ayez réussi - that you succeeded ◦ qu'ils aient réussi - that they succeeded ◦ qu'elles aient réussi - that they succeeded