French Grammar: Subjunctive with Doubt, Disbelief, or Possibility
… Identify: French Grammar: Subjunctive with Doubt, Disbelief, or Possibility la grammaire française: le subjonctif avec l’incertitude ou le déni Review: French Grammar: The Subjunctive – Basics Study: The subjunctive is used when we are uncertain whether or not an action will take place. If we know that the action is or will be a […]
French Grammar: Alternatives to the Passive Voice
… Identify: French Grammar: Alternatives to the Passive Voice la grammaire française: les alternatifs à la voix passive Study: In French as in English, verbs can be expressed in either the active voice or the passive voice. In the active voice, the subject does the action of the verb. In the passive voice, the action […]
French Grammar: The Passive Voice
… Identify: French Grammar: The Passive Voice la grammaire française: la voix passive Study: In French as in English, verbs can be expressed in either the active voice or the passive voice. In the active voice, the subject does the action of the verb. In the passive voice, the action of the verb is done […]
French Grammar: The Present Participle
… Identify: French Grammar: The Present Participle la grammaire française: le participe présent Study: The Present Participle is the general equivalent of using [-ING] in English. It can be used in a variety of functions including as adjectives, in verbal phrases, and in place of a relative clause. To form the Present Participle for almost all French […]
French Grammar: The Passé Simple (Historic Past Tense) – Irregular Verbs
… Identify: French Grammar: The Passé Simple (Historic Past Tense) – Irregular Verbs la grammaire française : le passé simple – les verbes irréguliers When speaking about the past in English, you choose which past tense to use depending on the context and the meaning you wish to convey. In French sentences, you choose which past tense to use depending […]
French Grammar: The Passé Simple (Historic Past Tense) – Regular Verbs
… Identify: French Grammar: The Passé Simple (Historic Past Tense) – Regular Verbs la grammaire française : le passé simple – les verbes réguliers When speaking about the past in English, you choose which past tense to use depending on the context and the meaning you wish to convey. In French sentences, you choose which past tense to use depending […]
French Grammar: The Past Anterior
… Identify: French Grammar: The Past Anterior la grammaire française: le passé antérieur Study: The Past Anterior (le passé antérieur) is a Perfect tense. Perfect tenses are also known as compound tenses. They use a conjugated auxiliary verb (either AVOIR or ÊTRE) combined with the past participle of the main verb. The Past Anterior is a rather formal tense and is […]
French Grammar: The Past Conditional
… Identify: French Grammar: The Past Conditional la grammaire française: le conditionnel passé Study: The Past Conditional (le conditionnel passé) is also known as the Conditional Perfect. It is a Perfect tense. Perfect tenses are also known as compound tenses. They use a conjugated auxiliary verb (either AVOIR or ÊTRE) combined with the past participle of the main verb. The Past Conditional is […]
French Grammar: The Future Perfect
… Identify: French Grammar: The Future Perfect la grammaire française: le futur antérieur Study: Perfect tenses are also known as compound tenses. They use a conjugated auxiliary verb (either AVOIR or ÊTRE) combined with the past participle of the main verb. The Future Perfect (le futur antérieur) is f0rmed with the future tense (le futur) form of the auxiliary verb (AVOIR […]
French Grammar: The Past Perfect (Pluperfect)
… Identify: French Grammar: The Past Perfect (Pluperfect) la grammaire française: le plus-que-parfait Study: Perfect tenses are also known as compound tenses. They use a conjugated auxiliary verb (either AVOIR or ÊTRE) combined with the past participle of the main verb. The Past Perfect – also called the Pluperfect (le plus-que-parfait) – is f0rmed with the imperative tense (l’imparfait) form of the […]
