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French tenses
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Present tense | drop the ending (ir, er, re) |
| -er present tense endings | je- e tu- es il/elle/on- e Nous- ons vous- ez ils/ells/on-ent |
| aller (irregular present) | je- vais tu- vas il/elle- va nous- allons vous- allez ils/ells- vont |
| faire (irregular present) | je- fais tu- fais il/elle- fait nous- faisons vous- faites ils/ells- font |
| predre (irregular present) | je- prends tu- prends il/elle/- prend nous- prenons vous- prenez ils/ells- prennent |
| spell change -er | add accent grave to second e |
| Past tense | use present form of avoir or etre as auxiliary verb, followed by past participle of verb. Replace infinitive ending with I, e, or u to form past participle. |
| House of Etre | Devenir, rentrer, mourir, retourner, sortir, venir, arriver, naitre, descendre, entrer, revenir, tomber, rester, arriver, monter, partir. |
| irregular past participles: faire, etre, avoir, prendre, boire | faire: fait etre: ete avoir: eu predre: pris boire: bu |
| imperfect tense | drop the -ons ending from the nous form of the verb in present tense and replace it with new ending. |
| imperfect endings | je- ais tu- ais il/elle-ait nous- ions vous- iez ils/ells- aient |
| savoir | facts, or how to do something |
| Connaitre | have knowledge of, familiar with |