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1. Passé simple = For regular verbs (like travailler, finir, attendre) drop the infinitive ending (-er, -ir, -re) and add the following personal endings:
a. for all -er verbs = -ai, -as, -a, -âmes, -âtes, -èrent
b. for regular -ir and -re verbs = -is, -is, -it, -îmes, -îtes, -irent
IRREGULAR VERBS:
Verbs with irregular stems in the passé simple, have the endings = s, -s, -t, -ˆmes, -ˆtes, -rent. The stems generally end in i or u. EXAMPLES: faire: je fis, tu fis, il fit, nous fîmes, vous fîtes, ils firent
boire: je bus, tu bus, il but, nous bûmes, vous bûtes, ils burent
tenir: je tins, tu tins, il tint, nous tînmes, vous tîntes, is tinrent
A list like those above:
s'asseoir = je m'assis
avoir = j'eus
boire = je bus
conduire = je conduisis
connaître = je connus
construire = je construisis
courir = je corrus
craindre = je craignis
croire = je crus
devoir = je dus
dire = je dis
écrire = j'érivis
être = je fus
faire = je fis
falloir = il fallut (il faut = Pres.)
joindre = je joignis
lire = je lus
mettre = je mis
mourir = il mourut
naêtre = je naquis
paraêtre = je parus
plaindree = je plaignis
plaire = je plus
pleuvoir = il plut
pouvoir = je pus
prendre = je pris
recevoir = je reçus
rire = je ris
savoir = je sus
suivre = je suivis
se taire = je me tus
tenir = je tins
traduire = je traduisis
valoir = je valus
venir - je vins
vire = je vécus
vir = je vis
vouloir = je voulus
NOTE: The passé simple is used iin historical and literary writing to express an action completed in the past. In conversation and informal writing, such past action is expressed by the passé cmposé.
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Sra (aka Mme)
can someone please explain to me in english how to form the passe simple, conditionnel anterieur and the futur anterieur?
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Actually, you should meet the Future Perfect or futur antérieur first, before the Conditional Perfect or conditionnel antérieur.
The Future Perfect is used usually to describe an action that will have happened or will be finished by a specific point in the future. It is also a compound conjugation, using the future of the auxiliary verb (either avoir or être) plus the past participle of the main verb.
Like all French compound conjugations, the Future Perfect may be subject to grammatical agreement: when the auxiliary verb is être, the past participle must agree with the subject and when the auxiliary verb is avoir, the past participle may have to agree with its preceding direct object.
EXAMPLES: aimer = j'aurai aimé, tu auras aimé, il/elle/on aura aimé, nous aurons aimé, vous aurez aimé, ils/elles/auront aimé
devenir (être verb) = je serai devenu(e), tu seras devenu(e), il sera devenu/elle sera devenue/on sera devenu, nous serons devenu(e)s, vous serez devenu(e)s, ils seront devenus/elles serone devenues
A Reflexive Verb (pronominal) like se laver = je me serai lavé(e), etc.
In forming the negative or interrogative of compound tenses, only the auxiliar verb is affected. EXAMPLES. nous n'aurons pas travaillé/ ne se seront-elles pas amusées?
The Conditional Perfectis used to express an action that you would have done, if something else had been possible so it is often used in a "si" clause. (which uses the imperfect)
EXAMPLE: j'aurais fait le travail si j'avais étudié / serait-elle partie?
If you need more about the agreement of the Past Participle, let me know. Also, if you need something on irregular past participles, let me know.
Sra (aka Mme)
The Future Perfect is used usually to describe an action that will have happened or will be finished by a specific point in the future. It is also a compound conjugation, using the future of the auxiliary verb (either avoir or être) plus the past participle of the main verb.
Like all French compound conjugations, the Future Perfect may be subject to grammatical agreement: when the auxiliary verb is être, the past participle must agree with the subject and when the auxiliary verb is avoir, the past participle may have to agree with its preceding direct object.
EXAMPLES: aimer = j'aurai aimé, tu auras aimé, il/elle/on aura aimé, nous aurons aimé, vous aurez aimé, ils/elles/auront aimé
devenir (être verb) = je serai devenu(e), tu seras devenu(e), il sera devenu/elle sera devenue/on sera devenu, nous serons devenu(e)s, vous serez devenu(e)s, ils seront devenus/elles serone devenues
A Reflexive Verb (pronominal) like se laver = je me serai lavé(e), etc.
In forming the negative or interrogative of compound tenses, only the auxiliar verb is affected. EXAMPLES. nous n'aurons pas travaillé/ ne se seront-elles pas amusées?
The Conditional Perfectis used to express an action that you would have done, if something else had been possible so it is often used in a "si" clause. (which uses the imperfect)
EXAMPLE: j'aurais fait le travail si j'avais étudié / serait-elle partie?
If you need more about the agreement of the Past Participle, let me know. Also, if you need something on irregular past participles, let me know.
Sra (aka Mme)
thank you so much, that really helped :)
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