Present
Conjugate avoir in the present tense:
J'ai Nous avons
Tu as Vous avez
Il / elle / on a Ils / elles ont
Which of these would be translated into the near future? (100pts bonus for translation)
I want to play basketball
I am playing basketball
I am going to play basketball tomorrow
I will be a basketball player
I am going to play basketball this afternoon
Je vais jouer au basket demain
When do we use the passé composé in French?
When describing a single completed action in the past?
Which of these would we translate using the imperfect tense?
Yesterday, I studied French
When I was at school, I used to study French
At primary school, I loved French
When I was young, I used to study French
At primary school, I loved French
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Quand j'étais jeune, j'étudiais le francais
A l'école primaire, j'adorais le francais
Which of these would we translate into the futur simple?: (bonus 100pts for translation)
I want to be a pilot
I am going to fly to Paris tomorrow
When I am older, I will have a plane
When I am older, I will be a pilot
Quand je serai plus vieux/vieille, j'aurai un avion
Conjugate etre and aller in the present tense:
Je suis vais Nous sommes allons
Tu es vas Vous etes allez
Il / elle / on est va Ils / elles sont vont
When do we use the near future tense?
When talking about actions in the foreseeable/near future.
How would we form the past tense of most -er verbs in French? eg. manger
To form the past tense of most -er verbs in French we remove the -er, add an é to create the past participle, and then place a corresponding form of the verb avoir before this participle: manger -> mangé -> j'ai mangé, tu as mangé, il a mangé...
When do we use the imperfect tense?
We use the imperfect tense when expressing continued, habitual, or repeated actions in the past as opposed to a single event + weather + emotions in the past.
Quand je serai plus grande, je voyagerai en France. Je ferai beaucoup de sports et je mangerai bien.
When I am [lit. I will be] older, I will travel in France. I will do lots of sports and I will eat well.
Conjugate finir in the present tense
Je finis Nous finissons
Tu finis Vous finissez
Il /elle /on finit Ils/ elles finissent
How do you form the near future tense?
Person + aller in the present tense + infinitive
(Tu etc.) je vais nous allons jouer
tu vas vous allez
il/ elle/ on va ils/ elles vont
How do we form the past tense of most -ir and -re verbs in French? eg. finir and vendre
To form the past tense of most -ir in French we remove the -ir, add an -i to create the past participle, and then place a corresponding form of the verb avoir before this participle: finir -> fini -> j'ai fini
For -re verbs we remove the -re and add a -u, then the same process: vendre-> vendu -> j'ai vendu
Translate:
Je faisais beaucoup de vélo quand j'avais onze ans, mais je ne jouais jamais au foot.
I did lots of cycling when I was eleven, but I never played football.
How do you form the futur simple for regular verbs (eg. habiter)?
Person + infinitive + endings
(je etc.) (habiter etc.) (-ai -ons
-as -ez
- a -ont)
Conjugate vendre in the present tense
Je vends Nous vendons
Tu vends Vous vendez
Il/ Elle/ On vend Ils/ Elle vendent
Translate:
I am going to dance We are going to dance
You are going to dance You (pl.) are going to dance
She is going to dance They (f.) are going to dance
Je vais danser Nous allons danser
Tu vas danser Vous allez danser
Elle va danser Elles vont danser
How do we treat verbs which 'take etre' in the passé composé?
To form the past tense of verbs that take etre, we form the past participle with the following replacements: -er > -é, ir > -i, and -re > -u. We then place the corresponding form of etre before the participle. Finally we agree our participle with the gender / number of the pronoun: aller -> allé -> je suis allé, elle est allée...
How do we form the imperfect tense?
subject + stem + imperfect endings
(the stem is found by removing -ons from the present tense nous form of the verb: you want to find the stem for faire -> nous fais[ons] -> fais)
Impf. endings are: -ais, -ais, -ait, -ions, -iez, -aient
Translate this phrase:
In 2030, I will work as a chef and I will earn lots of money.
En 2030, je travaillerai comme chef et je gagnerai beaucoup d'argent.
Conjugate pouvoir and devoir in the present tense
Je peux dois Nous pouvons devons
Tu peux dois Vous pouvez devez
Il/ Elle/ On peut doit Ils/ Elles peuvent doivent
We are going to study French and tomorrow I will read a French book and you will listen to French music
Nous allons étudier le français et demain, je vais lire un livre français, et tu vas écouter de la musique française.
Translate this phrase into the passé composé:
I ate, I went to the cinema, I woke up.
J'ai mangé, je suis allé(e) au cinéma, je me suis réveillé(e)
Translate:
When you lived in Paris, you woke up at 9am. It was beautiful.
Quand tu habitais à Paris, tu te réveillais à neuf heures. C'était beau.
In the futur simple, irregular verbs have weird stems: give me 3 stems of the irregulars below:
etre, avoir, aller, faire, devenir, pouvoir, savoir, voir
etre -> ser- devenir -> deviendr-
avoir -> aur- pouvoir-> pourr-
aller -> ir- savoir -> saur-
faire -> fer voir -> verr-