#Time Tenses

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Time Tenses

plush ginkgo
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I already know how to use 2 fluently. Passe Compose, and the Futur proch

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what are te other ones and how can I conjugate them?

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also please include the irregular verbs

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I know Dr. Mrs. Vandertramp for Passe Compose

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Devenir, Revenir, Monter, Rentrer, Sortir, Venir, Arriver, Naitre, Descendre, Entrer, Retourner, Tomber, Rester, Aller

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however also don't know how to conjugate those

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in ETRE instead of AVOIR

fallen lion
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Hmm...this is something you should rather consult google for maybe. There are whole progressions to learn various tenses and constructions...i'm thinking just based on dictionary entries that I've seen, there must be 50+ paradigms that the various verbs fall into, although I don't really know for certain. and of course, it's not really that complicated, just little changes in orthography or how the root is formed or whatever...

A good start for "all time tenses and conjugations" is to just take a paradigm table you find online for a verb and consider all the headings...for example, lawless french says:

present
imperfect
future
conditional
subjunctive
imperfect subjunctive

passé composé (')
past perfect (')
future perfect (')
past conditional (')
past subjunctive (')
pluperfect subjunctive (')

passé simple
past anterior (')
imperative
past imperative (')

present participle
past participle
perfect participle (')

past infinitive (')

many of those are composed tenses where you only need to know the conjugations of the helper verb and the participle, just like what you need to know for passé composé...I've marked them with a '.

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But you can see that list leaves out futur proche...some passive constructions...a "recent past" construction like "venir de..."

clever chasm
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#français-débutant message

see here 🙂 these don't include all of the conjugations technically because there a few we don't use in modern french anymore so I didn't put them in. but these are all the ones we use

ornate sleet
plush ginkgo
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passe compose has 2 auxillaries

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ETRE

ornate sleet
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im gussing you mean how to convert them like mangER -> mangÉ?

plush ginkgo
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and AVOIR

ornate sleet
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yes

plush ginkgo
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Je suis devenis??

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idk

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hard to conjugate irregular verbs

ornate sleet
plush ginkgo
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how do I know the conjugations to irregular

ornate sleet
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you're gonna have to force remember

plush ginkgo
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EVERY ONE

ornate sleet
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well i mean

plush ginkgo
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why did you delete the photo

ornate sleet
plush ginkgo
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thx

ornate sleet
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because it was very very fucking blurry

plush ginkgo
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oh

ornate sleet
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i hate google images

plush ginkgo
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thank you so much

ornate sleet
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youre going to have to remember these, they are somewhat regular

plush ginkgo
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ok thanks

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any other irregular verbs

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to know about

ornate sleet
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etre is été

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j'ai été

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i had been

plush ginkgo
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kms

ornate sleet
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asomi, its life

plush ginkgo
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I HATE FUCKING FRENCH

ornate sleet
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i know school forces you

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and they teach in a crap way

plush ginkgo
ornate sleet
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try and have fun ig

plush ginkgo
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but im too deep in

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to give up

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i learnt french out of boredome

ornate sleet
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choose another language

plush ginkgo
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too late

ornate sleet
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try different things

plush ginkgo
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but i mean

ornate sleet
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its never too late

plush ginkgo
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spanish and italian

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will be easy to learn

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after french

ornate sleet
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exactly

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i did that too iwth italian

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dont give up

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you will figure this out

plush ginkgo
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ty

ornate sleet
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i figured it out, so can you

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ive cried for french genuinely

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it will be allright

plush ginkgo
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duolingo doesn't help either

ornate sleet
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dont use it

plush ginkgo
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thretens me with murder

ornate sleet
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use soemthing else

plush ginkgo
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but doesnt teach crap

ornate sleet
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lingq

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if you like stories

plush ginkgo
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what is that

ornate sleet
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its like duolingo stories

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and its genuine audios by natives

plush ginkgo
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tysm

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god bless

ornate sleet
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if you ever stumble on anything you dont understand gramatically

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you can ask here

plush ginkgo
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i was fr gonna end it all

ornate sleet
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try everything - shakira but shes a gizelle

plush ginkgo
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ty

clever chasm
# plush ginkgo Je suis devenis??

for irregular verbs, you just have to memorise their past participles

en u
devoir → dû
pouvoir → pu
vouloir → voulu
voir → vu
savoir → su
recevoir → reçu
tenir → tenu
croire → cru
perdre → perdu
lire → lu
boire → bu
venir → venu
descendre → descendu
vouloir → voulu
vivre → vécu

en is
mettre → mis
prendre → pris
comprendre → compris
apprendre → appris
asseoir → assis

en ert
ouvrir → ouvert
offrir → offert
souffrir → souffert
découvrir → découvert

en t
conduire → conduit
construire → construit
produire → produit
traduire → traduit
dire → dit
écrire → écrit

en i
rire → ri
suivre → suivi

plus, all 2e groupe verbs (end in ir) — finir, saisir, choisir, grandir, fleurir, grossir, maigrir, agir, réagir, rougir, etc.
to get past participle, just remove the "r" — fini, saisi, choisi, grandi, etc.

autres
être → été
avoir → eu
faire → fait
naître → né
mourir → mort

ornate sleet
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baby steps, dont overwhelm yourself :)

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its a lot to take in for french tenses

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you got this tho asomi

clever chasm
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@plush ginkgo i agree with flutters, baby steps. its best to ask targeted questions and get precise answers than open questions and get huge answers that overwhelm you 🙂

plush ginkgo
clever chasm
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ahhhh sorry it's a shorter phrase of
se terminant en u

ending in u

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I forgot that you would know what that is sorry

plush ginkgo
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thanks!

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how does one use the Plus que parfait??

ornate sleet
plush ginkgo
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uhhh

ornate sleet
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j'étais allé

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j'avais mangé

plush ginkgo
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ohh

ornate sleet
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i had gone, i had eaten

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this is like most likely used with if

plush ginkgo
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so the avoir will use any verb that is regular
Je avais
Tu avais
Il/Elle avait
Nous avaions
Vous avaiez
Il/Elles avaient

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Plus past verb

ornate sleet
ornate sleet
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past participle

plush ginkgo
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for etre

ornate sleet
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yes

plush ginkgo
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it would be

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Je etais
Tu etais
Il/Elle Etait
Nous Etaions
Vous etaiez
Ils/Elles etaient

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?

ornate sleet
ornate sleet
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youre close again

plush ginkgo
ornate sleet
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nous etions not etaions

plush ginkgo
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oml

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im going to bash my head into a wall

ornate sleet
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dont

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baby steps

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one at a time

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you literally just learnt this

plush ginkgo
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i think i got it

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J'avais
Tu Avais
Il/Elle Avait
Nous Avions
Vous Aviez
Ils/Elles Avaient?

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and for etre would be..

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J'etais
Tu etais
Il/Elle Etait
Nous Etions
Vous Etiez
Ils/Elles Etaient?

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remove the extra a for nous and vous

ornate sleet
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j'étais*

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tu étais

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youre missing the é

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on all etre

plush ginkgo
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yeah that's fine

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i know that's what i meant

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just don't have it on my keyboard

ornate sleet
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;accents

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;clavier