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Knowledge Base: French Verb tables Year 9 | Summer Term 2
3. Imperfect tense
Regular – take the ‘nous’ form of the present tense and remove –ons. Then you have your stem (e.g. nous habitons →habit- + imperfect ending).
4. Near future tense
Irregular stem
Aller
Togo
Je/j’
vais manger
+ Infinitive
Jouer
(-ER) To play
Finir
(-IR)
To finish
Être
To be
Je/j’
jouais
jouais jouions
jouiez
jouaient
mangerai
mangeras mangerons
mangerez
mangeront
finissais attendais
finissais attendais
finissions attendions
finissiez attendiez
finissaient attendaient
finirai apprendrai
finiras apprendras
finirons apprendrons
finirez apprendrez
finiront apprendront
étais
étais
étions
étiez
étaient
allons parler allez
vont
Attendre
(-RE) To wait
Tu
vas
aller boire acheter visiter
to eat to go to drink to buy to visit to talk
Il/Elle/On
va
Nous
Tu
Vous
jouait
finissait
attendait
était
Il/Elle/On
Ils/Elles
Nous
This is the equivalent of ‘I am going to...’ or ‘You are going to...’ etc... in English. It is the most straightforward way of referring to future events.
Vous
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Ils/Elles
5. Future tense
6. Conditional tense
Manger
(-ER) To eat
Finir
(-IR)
To finish
Apprendre
(-RE)
To learn
Manger
(-ER) To eat
mangerais
mangerais mangerions
mangeriez
mangeraient
finirais apprendrais
finirais apprendrais
finirions apprendrions
finiriez apprendriez
finiraient apprendraient
Present
Imperfect
Perfect
Near future
Conditional
Finir
(-IR)
To finish
Apprendre
(-RE)
To learn
Je/j’
Je/j’
Tu
Tu
mangera
finira
apprendra
mangerait
finirait
apprendrait
Il/Elle/On
Il/Elle/On
Nous
Nous
Vous
Vous
Ils/Elles
Ils/Elles
This is basically the infinitive + the correct ending. It translates as ‘I will...’, You will...’ etc. For –RE verbs you drop the ‘e’ to make the stem.
This is also the infinitive + the correct ending. It translates as ‘I would...’, You would...’ etc. For –RE verbs you drop the ‘e’ to make the stem.
Future
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