Verbs
French verbs can be classified into four categories: regular -er verbs, regular -ir verbs, regular -re verbs, and irregular verbs. Technically, all French verbs end in -er, -ir, or -re, but when "er(/ir/re) verbs" is said, "regular er(/ir/re) verbs" is what is meant. The majority of verbs are er verbs, but still many are ir verbs, re verbs, and many are irregular.
Formation of Regular Verbs in All the Tenses & Moods, and Formation of the Present and Past Participles
Sample Conjugations of Regular Verbs
Irregular Verb Conjugations
There are 14 tenses in French, but four of them are literary tenses and are only used in some literature.
The Present Tense, Indicative Mood
The Imperfect Tense, Indicative Mood (an action that happened repeated in the past, or past, unfinished actions)
The Pass� Simple (past tense used only in literature; is gradually becoming replaced by the pass� compos�)
The Future Tense
The Conditional
The Present Tense, Subjunctive Mood
The Imperfect Tense, Subjunctive Mood
The Pass� Compos� (This is the most basic past tense in French, similar to the perfect tense in English.)
The Pluperfect Tense, Indicative Mood
The Past Anterior
The Future Perfect Tense
The Past Conditional
The Past Tense, Subjunctive Mood
The Pluperfect Tense, Subjunctive Mood
The Imperative Mood (used for commands)
Some common uses of two (consecutive) verbs
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