verbs
To Have
What is Avoir?
This tense is used with certain locations
What is present tense?
-is, -it, -issons, -issez, -issent
What are the personal endings of the present tense of regular -ir verbs?
Quand il neige fait froid
(When it snows it is cold.)
What is using present tense after the word quand to describe general truth?
To Be
What is Etre?
Expresses a present action
What is Present tense?
-s, -d, -ons, -ez, -ent
What are the personal endings of the present tense of regular -re verbs?
Il pleut
(It is raining.)
What is present tense describing an existing state?
To Take
What is Pendre?
Describes an existing state
What is present Tense?
You can find this by dropping the -er of the infinite and adding the personal endings
What is the present tense of regular -er verbs?
Le jouer de foot court vite.
(The soccer player runs fast)
What is present tense expressing a present action?
To Finish
what is Finir?
The present tense is used after this word to describe a general truth?
What is quand?
-t elle rompt, il interrompt
Mimi est en train de preparer le diner.
(Mimi is in the middle of preparing dinner.)
What is present tense being used with locations?
To talk
What is Parler?
This word is used with the present tense of the verb when actions or states that have begun in the past continue in the present
What is depuis?
-e, -es, -ons, -ez, -ent
What are the personal endings of the present tense of regular -er verbs?
Depuis quand etes-vous a Paris? J'y suis depuis le ler Janvier?
(How long have you been in Paris? I have been there since January first.)
What is the present tense of a verb being used with the word depuis, when actions or states have begun in the past and continue in the future?