Passé Composé
The passé composé is used to describe a verb as this
What is having happened ("in the past") ?
The imperfect tense describes a verb as this
What is something that "was" or "were" ?
The simple future tense describes verbs as this
What is something you "will" do?
The indicative is the most frequently used what in French
What is mood?
The subjunctive mood is this as opposed to objective
What is subjective?
The passé composé ending for a regular -er verb
What is -é?
ex.) aller → allé
The regular je, tu, il, nous, vous, and ils endings for imparfait
What is
-ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient ?
The conditional tense describes a verb as this
What is something you "would" do?
The indicative is this as opposed to subjective
What is objective?
Subjunctives are statements of this
What is will, emotion, doubt, desire, interrogatives, negatives, generals statements, and superlatives? (WEDDING)
The passé composé ending for a regular -ir verb
What is -i?
ex.) obéir → obéi
The imparfait is conjugated by taking this form of the verb and dropping the ending before adding the appropriate ending
What is present nous form?
ex.) finir (nous finissons)
Indicatives are statements of this
What are facts and beliefs?
The passé composé ending for a regular -re verb
What is -u?
ex.) vendre → vendu
The only irregular verb in imparfait
What is être?
(j'étais, tu étais, il était, nous étions, vous étiez, ils étaient)
The acronym stands for verbs that use "être" as a helping verb when conjugated in the passé composé
What is DR and MRS VANDERTRAMPP?
Devenir Revenir
Mourir Retourner Sortir
Venir Arriver Naitre Descendre Entrer Rentrer Tomber Rester Aller Monter Partir Passer