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French - Tenses
French - Tenses
aller (aille, ailles, aille – allions, alliez, PASSÉ COMPOSÉ = had to
aillent) (J’ai dû parler = I had to talk)
avoir (aie, aies, ait – ayons, ayez, aient)
être (sois, sois, soit – soyons, soyez, CONDITONAL = should, ought to
soient) (Je devrais parler = I should talk)
faire (fass)
falloir (faill) PAST CONDITIONAL = should have,
pouvoir (puiss) to be able to ought to have
pleuvoir (pleuv) to rain (J’aurais dû parler = I should have talked)
savoir (sach) ______________________________
1. Verbs ending in –ier (crier, étudier) =
double’i’ (nous criions, nous étudiions)
PAST SUBJUNCTIVE
(Je doute que j’aie parlé = I doubt that I
talked)
Subjunctive avoir/être + past verb
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PRESENT PARTICIPLE = …ing
(J’attend, parlant quand il est calme = I
wait, talking when it is quiet)
Nous form + ant
1. En + present participle = simultaneous
actions (Je chantais en jouant de la
guitare = I was singing while playing the
guitar)
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DEVOIR: Necessity or Moral
Obligation
PRESENT = must, have to
(Je dois parler = I must talk)
can mean ‘to owe’ with object
(Je dois d’argent = I owe money)